Holiday in one: the preferred destinations of Aussie golfers
As any travel agent or tourism operator would know, golfing holidays are big business. Not only do some 1.9 million Australians 14+ play golf either regularly or occasionally, but they tend to be from the better-off end of the socio-economic spectrum and more likely to go on holiday than the average Aussie. Roy Morgan Research reveals which domestic destinations hold special appeal for the country’s aspiring Greg Normans and Karrie Webbs…
The latest findings from Roy Morgan Research show that people who play golf either regularly or occasionally are considerably more likely than the average Australian to name Queensland as the state they’d most like to visit on holiday in the next two years: 49.6% compared with the population average of 40.6%.
Victoria (49.2%) and New South Wales (47.9%) also rate higher for golfers on their holiday wish-lists than for the average Aussie, as the chart below indicates. In fact, the only state which golfers have a below-average interest in visiting is South Australia.
Australian states where golfers would most like to spend a holiday vs population average
States of play
Delving a bit deeper into which destinations in Queensland, Victoria and NSW appeal especially strongly to golfers, a rather unsurprising – but striking nonetheless – pattern soon emerges. People who play golf are noticeably more likely than the average Australian to name destinations with good golf courses (or golf resorts) as potential holiday spots.
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