The ABS released its September quarter 2012 small area data for tourism accommodation today, and it shows the Whitsundays, Fraser Coast and Sunshine Coast had a really bad quarter (see map below). This is not to say other regions performed wonderfully, as occupancy rates are still lower than pre-financial crisis levels (see the chart for Queensland as a whole in my post from earlier this week). I’ll aim to compare current and historical small area data in a future post.