Dreamworld is still struggling to regain visitors nearly nine months after a fatal accident at the Gold Coast theme park, new figures showed.

Compared to the year before, visitor numbers were down more than 30.5 per cent for June, which included two weeks’ school holidays.

It is a slight improvement on May’s figures, which showed a 35 per cent drop.

Guests have been dramatically lower for Ardent Leisure since four people died when a raft flipped on the Thunder Rive Rapids ride last October.

In its aftermath, ticket sales had reduced a whopping 51 per cent.

Dreamworld’s acting chief executive Paul Callander is buoyed by the latest figures.

“Month by month we are welcoming more visitors back to Dreamworld,” he said.

“This school holiday period has been encouraging.”

A large crowd had turned out for the Wiggles concert on Monday. Photo: ABC

That enthusiasm is echoed by Gold Coast Tourism.

“The theme parks are part of the DNA of the Gold Coast and it’s very important that they’re firing for the local economy,” chief executive Martin Winter said.

“We are very confident for the future and very pleased to see the progress they’re making over time since the tragedy.”

Dawn McDougall had no hesitation in bringing her two young daughters to the theme park on Monday for a Wiggles concert.

“Absolutely not – we’ve been a few times over the holidays and we will be back again before our passes finish in a year,” she said.

-ABC