Economic value

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Marine tourism

The viability of marine tourism businesses was moderate. For example, we found that 54.3% of tourism operators suggested that their, “business [had] not performed this year as well as last year”. However, 75.5% of tourism operators in the GBR stated that they are, “optimistic about the future of [their] business in the GBR”. Most (95.7%) had insurance for their business assets. Most (60.6%) had a business turnover of less than $100,000. Most derived only part of their household income from tourism. Most businesses employed less than five employees.

Commercial fishing

Only 50.6% of commercial fishers said that they were, “optimistic about the future of [their] business in the GBR”. And 46.2% suggested that their, “business [had] not performed this year as well as last year.” We also found that only 59.3% had insurance for their assets. Many fishers (35%) had a revenue of over $500,000 during the previous 12 months.

Explore the data 

You can also explore the data yourself using our interactive dashboards below – use the filters provided to explore the results by participant type (Commercial Fisher or Tourism Operator), age, gender, NRM, LGA and GBRMPA management areas. Click the arrow on the bottom right corner of the dasboard to view in Full Screen mode.  Also click the > arrow to move through the tabs on each dashboard.

 

Economic value