Regional Roads Investment Strategy Far North Queensland Regional Organisation of Councils Tourism Routes 11 January 2021 Tou rism R outes Te chnical Pape r Far N ort h Qu eensl and R egio nal O rga nisatio n of C ouncils (FN QROC) Tourism Routes Regional Roads Investment Strategy Project No: IH167200 Document Title: Tourism Routes Document No.: Revision: 6.4 Date: 11 January 2021 Client Name: Far North Queensland Regional Organisation of Councils Client No: Project Manager: Craig Gorlick Author: Craig Gorlick File Name: J:\IE\Projects\05_Northern\IH167200\21 Deliverables\Tourism routes\REV 6\IH167200 FNQROC RRIS Tourism Routes Rev 6.4.docx Jacobs Australia Pty Limited 32 Cordelia Street PO Box 3848 South Brisbane QLD 4101 Australia T +61 7 3026 7100 F +61 7 3026 7300 www.jacobs.com © Copyright 2019 Jacobs Australia Pty Limited. The concepts and information contained in this document are the property of Jacobs. Use or copying of this document in whole or in part without the written permission of Jacobs constitutes an infringement of copyright. Limitation: This document has been prepared on behalf of, and for the exclusive use of Jacobs’ client, and is subject to, and issued in accordance with, the provisions of the contract between Jacobs and the client. Jacobs accepts no liability or responsibility whatsoever for, or in respect of, any use of, or reliance upon, this document by any third party. Document history and status Revision Date Description Author/s 1 10/03/2019 Draft for review C. Gorlick, C. Ricks, G. van der List, D. MacLaine 2 07/04/2019 Updated draft C. Gorlick 3 17/04/2019 Updated draft C. Gorlick, G. van der List 4 03/06/2019 Updated draft C. Gorlick/C. Ricks 5 19/06/2019 Updated draft C. Gorlick 6.4 11/01/2021 Final C. Gorlick i Tourism Routes Contents 1. Introduction ..................................................................................................................................6 2. Strategic context ..........................................................................................................................7 3. Tropical North Queensland’s tourism industry ........................................................................ 31 4. Tourism within FNQROC ........................................................................................................... 39 5. Travel Surveys ........................................................................................................................... 51 6. Estimating the value and AADT of each tourist route .............................................................. 57 7. Tourism demand and road infrastructure improvements ........................................................ 61 8. Unsealed roads and increased tourism .................................................................................... 71 9. Stakeholder engagement ........................................................................................................... 78 10. Crash analysis ............................................................................................................................ 80 11. Planned infrastructure upgrades .............................................................................................. 82 12. Summary of findings .................................................................................................................. 94 Appendix A. Survey questionnaire Appendix B. Questionnaire response summary Appendix C. Crash history (2009 to 2018) ii Tourism Routes Figure 3-1 Australia’s tourism GVA 2016-2017 ................................................................................................ 33 Figure 3-2 Queensland proportion of total Australian tourism GVA .................................................................. 33 Figure 3-3 Queensland contribution to Australian tourism GVA by trip type...................................................... 33 Figure 3-4 Queensland % of tourism GVA ....................................................................................................... 34 Figure 3-5 Regional Queensland % of tourism GVA ........................................................................................ 34 Figure 3-6 Queensland % of tourism employment ........................................................................................... 34 Figure 3-7 Regional Queensland % of tourism employment............................................................................. 34 Figure 3-8 Queensland – direct tourism GVA by industry ................................................................................. 35 Figure 3-9 Tropical North Queensland – direct tourism GVA by industry .......................................................... 35 Figure 3-10 Total day trips .............................................................................................................................. 37 Figure 3-11 Holiday trips % of total day trips.................................................................................................... 37 Figure 3-12 Total overnight trips ...................................................................................................................... 37 Figure 3-13 Holiday trips % of total overnight trips ........................................................................................... 37 Figure 4-1 Estimating council contribution ....................................................................................................... 40 Figure 4-2 Aggregated councils (yellow) .......................................................................................................... 40 Figure 4-3 FNQROC tourism GVA ($m) .......................................................................................................... 41 Figure 4-4 FNQROC total industry GVA ($m) .................................................................................................. 41 Figure 4-5 Tourism employment ...................................................................................................................... 41 Figure 4-6 All industry employment ................................................................................................................. 41 Figure 4-7 International Visitors ....................................................................................................................... 42 Figure 4-8 Domestic Overnight Visitors ........................................................................................................... 42 Figure 4-9 International Visitor average stay.................................................................................................... 42 Figure 4-10 Domestic Overnight Visitor average stay ...................................................................................... 42 Figure 4-11 Domestic daytrips......................................................................................................................... 43 Figure 5-1 Household travel mode .................................................................................................................. 52 Figure 5-2 Social/recreational trip purpose ...................................................................................................... 53 Figure 5-3 Visitor main purpose ...................................................................................................................... 54 Figure 5-4 Vehicle trip destination ................................................................................................................... 55 Figure 5-5 Destination type ............................................................................................................................. 56 Figure 5-6 Origin/destination purpose.............................................................................................................. 56 Figure 5-7 Visitor travel modes ........................................................................................................................ 56 Figure 5-8 Main travel mode ........................................................................................................................... 56 Figure 7-1 Peninsula Developmental Road (Laura – Coen) AADT and additional sealing ................................ 65 Figure 7-2 Peninsula Developmental Road (Coen - Weipa) AADT and additional sealing ................................ 65 Figure 7-3 Mulligan Highway AADT, various sites ........................................................................................... 66 Figure 7-4 AADT and growth rates, Lakeland .................................................................................................. 67 Figure 7-5 Sealing (Peninsula Developmental Road) ....................................................................................... 68 Figure 7-6 Sealing (Burke Developmental Road) ............................................................................................. 68 Figure 7-7 Seal widening ................................................................................................................................ 68 Figure 7-8 Causeway/culvert/bridge widening ................................................................................................. 68 Figure 7-9 Wayfinding signage ........................................................................................................................ 69 Figure 7-10 Flooding signage .........................................................................................................................