INTERESTING GREY NOMAD STATISTICS
Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2013 10:45 pm
http://www.tourismtasmania.com.au/__dat ... apshot.pdf
Over the last decade caravan and camping has become a multi-million dollar industry.Trends suggest strong growth will continue in the next 10-15 years.
The national tourism research body,Tourism Research Australia (TRA) predicts that caravans and camping will be the main growth in accommodation between now and 2020. TRA forecasts that nationally the total number of nights spent in caravan and camping accommodation will increase from 37 million to 45 million by 2020.
It is widely anticipated that this exponential growth will be driven by ‘baby boomers’ who are about to become the next wave of retirees and are already showing a propensity for this type of travel.
The Caravan and Motorhome Club of Australia (CMCA) notes that ‘if one in 20 baby boomers decided to buy a self-contained vehicle and head off to see Australia, an additional 200,000 vehicles with 400,000 occupants will hit the roads and spend between $2-4 billion annually’.
There are other indicators of future growth in this market including:
• A substantial increase in campervan/motorhome registrations;
• An increase of 278 per cent in the manufacture of caravans in Australia since 1995; and
• A phenomenal growth rate of 500 new members a month joining the CMCA.
Over the last decade caravan and camping has become a multi-million dollar industry.Trends suggest strong growth will continue in the next 10-15 years.
The national tourism research body,Tourism Research Australia (TRA) predicts that caravans and camping will be the main growth in accommodation between now and 2020. TRA forecasts that nationally the total number of nights spent in caravan and camping accommodation will increase from 37 million to 45 million by 2020.
It is widely anticipated that this exponential growth will be driven by ‘baby boomers’ who are about to become the next wave of retirees and are already showing a propensity for this type of travel.
The Caravan and Motorhome Club of Australia (CMCA) notes that ‘if one in 20 baby boomers decided to buy a self-contained vehicle and head off to see Australia, an additional 200,000 vehicles with 400,000 occupants will hit the roads and spend between $2-4 billion annually’.
There are other indicators of future growth in this market including:
• A substantial increase in campervan/motorhome registrations;
• An increase of 278 per cent in the manufacture of caravans in Australia since 1995; and
• A phenomenal growth rate of 500 new members a month joining the CMCA.
do they say how many resign. 
