Visitor numbers at holiday parks in a popular area on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast have surged to their highest levels in five years.
The Sunshine Coast News reports that Noosa Council has recently received a report providing an update on holiday park business activity to December 31, 2022.
It detailed three council-owned parks were experiencing growth in visitation numbers and all were operating above industry standards.
The report stated: “Across the Noosa Holiday Park program, occupant levels are trending to deliver an aggregate record visitation in financial year 2022-23.”
The parks are Noosa River Holiday Park, Noosa North Shore Beach Campground and Boreen Point Campground.
There appear to be more caravans than ever on the road. PIC: Cizza
The Sunshine Coast News reveals that, Year-to-date (YTD), the Noosa River Holiday Park was said to be sitting at 95.02% occupancy. The popular park at Munna Beach recorded 91.14% occupancy, and Boreen Point was seeing 53.13% YTD occupancy, compared to 35.22% last year.
Noosa Council director of corporate services Trent Grauf told the Sunshine Coast News the lift in numbers was positive news.
“We have seen high demand for camping and caravanning activity and our occupancy levels are reaching record levels,” he said. “This good result provides economic benefits and income to the shire and are a result of council’s strong investment in operational systems and high-quality management services.”
Mr Grauf told the newspaper that, while lower than their counterpart at Noosa River, the occupancy levels at Noosa North Shore and Boreen Point campgrounds had increased over time and were performing well at an industry level.
“Noosa River Holiday Park has historically had a different occupancy pattern due to a different demographic of visitors from interstate (NSW and Victoria),” he said.
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Ahhhh Noosa , we’re you can view enviously at the lifestyles of empty holiday homes whilst queuing and paying a fortune for everything and then back to the overpriced van park and squat like a battery hen….ahhh Noosa
Noosa Council thinks a lift in numbers is positive news to the point that some of the parks are almost 100% full most of the time.
wrong!
Noosa has been ruined by over population. The last two times we went there we couldn’t find a park so we don’t go there anymore.