The table shows the number of tourists visiting the six World Heritage sites in Australia in the years 1996, 1998, and 2000.
Overall, Great Barrier Reef recorded the highest number of visitors across the years, whereas Macquire Island attracted the least number of tourists. Additionally, while the figures for Greate Barrier Reef, Blue Mountains, and Tasmania Wilderness experienced an upward trend, the reverse was true for Central Eastern Rainforest Reserve’s data. Besides, the number of visitors to Shark Bay and Macquarie Island witnessed a fluctuation.
In 1996, 1,670,000 people paid visits to Great Barrier Reef, which was highest and nearly double visitor statistics of Central Eastern Rainforest Reserve, with 810,000. The quantity of tourists who went to Blue Mountains was 526,000, followed by 450,000 people to Tasmania Wilderness. Shark Bay received 84,000 tourists, which was much higher than the figure for Macquarie Island (350).
After four years, the tourists count of Great Barrier Reef increased by nearly 1,300,000, which then grew slowly and ended at 3,200,000 in 2000. A similar trend was also observed in the figures for Blue Mountains and Tasmania Wilderness, reaching 581,000 and 483,000 respectively. In contrast, Central Eastern Rainforest Reserve lost its attractiveness, with the number of visitors dropping to 770,000 in 2000. As for the tourist statistics for Shark Bay and Macquire Island, these destinations welcomed 89,000 and 330 respectively, after a fluctuation.