Great Barrier Reef Visitor Days from Environmental Management Charge Records (2010-2012)

Annual snapshots from 2010 to 2012 show the spatial distribution of visitor days to the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, based on commercial tourism operator returns for the Environmental Management Charge. The data is quantised into a 0.1-degree grid and distinguishes between full-day and part-day visits, as well as exempt passengers. This dataset was supplied by the SELTMP team and hosted by the Australian Ocean Data Network.

Use Cases

• Modeling spatial tourism pressure on reef ecosystems based on visitor day counts.
• Analyzing seasonal or annual visitation trends based on quarterly updated commercial tourism data.
• Identifying high-use zones within the marine park based on the 0.1-degree gridded spatial data.

Strengths

• Data covers two complete financial years (2010-2011 and 2011-2012).
• Spatial information is provided at a consistent 0.1-degree grid resolution.
• Visitor counts are calculated using a defined methodology for full-day and part-day visits.

Limitations

• Data only represents visitors using commercial tourist operations, excluding private vessels.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

SELTMP team (GBRMPA), via Australian Ocean Data Network.

Collection Method

Collected quarterly from Environmental Management Charge returns submitted by tourism operators.

Time Range

2010 to 2012 (financial years 2010-2011 and 2011-2012).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-14 09:33:47.764713; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Great Barrier Reef Marine Park.