Tourist Arrivals in Australia decreased to 696500 in September from 753320 in August of 2025. This dataset provides - Australia Tourist Arrivals - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Australia International Tourism: Number of Departures data was reported at 2,832,000.000 Person in 2020. This records a decrease from the previous number of 11,624,000.000 Person for 2019. Australia International Tourism: Number of Departures data is updated yearly, averaging 5,201,500.000 Person from Dec 1995 (Median) to 2020, with 26 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 11,624,000.000 Person in 2019 and a record low of 2,519,000.000 Person in 1995. Australia International Tourism: Number of Departures data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Australia – Table AU.World Bank.WDI: Tourism Statistics. International outbound tourists are the number of departures that people make from their country of usual residence to any other country for any purpose other than a remunerated activity in the country visited. The data on outbound tourists refer to the number of departures, not to the number of people traveling. Thus a person who makes several trips from a country during a given period is counted each time as a new departure.;World Tourism Organization, Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files.;Gap-filled total;

Summary time series data of the International Visitor Survey, the National Visitor Survey and the State Tourism Satellite Account, as published by Tourism Research Australia (TRA). These data sources estimate total visitor expenditure in South Australia, direct tourism jobs and regional tourism expenditure. Breakdowns of visitor origin are also provided, with time series of visitors from the UK, Germany, USA, China and New Zealand, as well as domestic visitors in South Australia. For further details on these datasets please visit the TRA website: https://www.tra.gov.au/research

Historical dataset showing Australia tourist spending by year from 1995 to 2020.

Australia International Tourism: Expenditures data was reported at 7.654 USD bn in 2020. This records a decrease from the previous number of 41.345 USD bn for 2019. Australia International Tourism: Expenditures data is updated yearly, averaging 19.672 USD bn from Dec 1995 (Median) to 2020, with 26 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 42.439 USD bn in 2018 and a record low of 7.605 USD bn in 1995. Australia International Tourism: Expenditures data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Australia – Table AU.World Bank.WDI: Tourism Statistics. International tourism expenditures are expenditures of international outbound visitors in other countries, including payments to foreign carriers for international transport. These expenditures may include those by residents traveling abroad as same-day visitors, except in cases where these are important enough to justify separate classification. For some countries they do not include expenditures for passenger transport items. Data are in current U.S. dollars.;World Tourism Organization, Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files.;Gap-filled total;

Outbound tourism from Australia in the 2024 financial year was predominantly to Indonesia, with over *** million Australians making the trip. By comparison, just over *** million Australian tourists visited New Zealand that same year, the previous number-one destination in the 2023 financial year, and about ******* took a trip to the United States. Australians venturing overseas Up until the 2019 financial year, there was a consistent, significant year-on-year increase in the number of overseas departures of Australian residents, with more than *** million traveling outside the country during the financial year 2019. This number decreased greatly in 2021 to just over *******, largely due to travel restrictions, with overseas departures slightly recovering in 2022. In 2024, the number of outbound tourists from Australia stood just shy of the pre-pandemic high recorded in 2019. Expenditure on overseas trips Australians visiting the United States in the 2024 financial year spent over *** billion Australian dollars, making it the overseas destination where Australians had the highest expenditure. Although Indonesia was the most popular outbound destination for Australians in the financial year 2024, visitor spending in Indonesia reached only around *** billion Australian dollars in comparison.

The Tourism industry in Australia is well-developed and a critical contributor to national employment and GDP. Industry revenue consists of international and domestic expenditure on an array of tourism-related products and services. The industry faced an extreme downturn in 2019-20 and 2020-21 due to the pandemic, severely impacting both international and domestic tourism. Government restrictions led to a drop in revenue and employment. However, government assistance, such as wage subsidies, mitigated some effects of this demand collapse, aiding in maintaining enterprise, establishment and employment figures. In 2022, the industry rebounded rapidly following the easing of restrictions. Both domestic and international travel surged, leading to double-digit growth rates in revenue and stronger pricing power for airlines and hospitality businesses. State governments helped revive the industry by extending stimulus packages, which resulted in the re-establishment of healthy industrywide profit margins in 2022-23. Between 2021-22 and 2023-24, relative growth in spending by business and government travellers outpaced the increase from domestic leisure travellers. Factors like high inflation, increased airfares and financial pressure on households slowed the growth of domestic leisure travel. However, less price-sensitive business and government travellers remained largely unaffected. International tourism has also significantly increased since 2021-22. However, growth has stalled since 2023-24, as international traveller inflows have approached pre-pandemic benchmarks. The demand for luxury tourism has surged, supporting industry profitability. However, increased competition and slowing revenue growth in 2024-25 have led to a slight contraction in profitability, a trend that will continue into the following years. Despite the turbulent period, the strong recovery in demand in recent years has contributed to an estimated annualised hike in revenue of 5.0% over the five years through 2024-25. With demand approaching pre-pandemic levels, growth has started to taper, with revenue edging up by an expected 0.8% in the current year, to reach $200.5 billion. The outlook for tourism is promising. International tourism is set to strengthen beyond pre-pandemic levels, while substantial investment in the growing luxury tourist economy will bring more wealthy tourists to Australian shores. Cost-of-living pressures that have affected local households will ease over the coming years. At the same time, the accessibility of price comparison tools from online booking services will promote lower prices for domestic consumers, bolstering domestic tourism numbers. Overall, industry revenue is forecast to expand at an annualised rate of 2.3% through 2029-30, to $224.9 billion.

This dataset presents statistics regarding tourism to specific Local Government Areas (LGA) around Australia. The LGAs covered in the data are a subset of the LGA boundaries classified in the 2016 Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS). The data presents statistics for reason for visit, travel party type and accommodation details for trips to the specified LGAs by their location of origin and visit duration. The data values are representative of a yearly average based on the four years of: 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016. Tourism Research Australia (TRA) first developed Local Government Area tourism profiles in 2007 to assist industry and Government decision making and to identify and support investment opportunities, particularly in regional Australia. The latest profiles provide an update for over 200 Local Government Areas. Data are drawn from TRA's International Visitor Survey (IVS) and National Visitor Survey (NVS), along with demographic and business data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). Profiles were only prepared for Local Government Areas with adequate International Visitor Survey (IVS) and National Visitor Survey (NVS) sample to present robust results. Further, data are averaged over four years, which minimises the impact of variability in estimates from year to year, and provides for more robust volume estimates. For more information please visit the Website of the TRA. Please note: AURIN has spatially enabled the original data.

Australia International Tourism: Receipts data was reported at 26.234 USD bn in 2020. This records a decrease from the previous number of 47.953 USD bn for 2019. Australia International Tourism: Receipts data is updated yearly, averaging 25.629 USD bn from Dec 1995 (Median) to 2020, with 26 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 47.953 USD bn in 2019 and a record low of 10.169 USD bn in 1998. Australia International Tourism: Receipts data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Australia – Table AU.World Bank.WDI: Tourism Statistics. International tourism receipts are expenditures by international inbound visitors, including payments to national carriers for international transport. These receipts include any other prepayment made for goods or services received in the destination country. They also may include receipts from same-day visitors, except when these are important enough to justify separate classification. For some countries they do not include receipts for passenger transport items. Data are in current U.S. dollars.;World Tourism Organization, Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files.;Gap-filled total;

Australian Tourism Data Warehouse (ATDW) is the National Platform for Digital Tourism information on Australia.The ATDW ATLAS API allows you to extract tourism information from the ATDW database. The database contains over 40,000 tourism related products across a variety of categories. The API allows for geospatial searching of the data and allows filtering using the ATDW content structure. The content is compiled in a national agreed format an electronically accessible by tourism business owners (operators), wholesalers, retailers and distributors for use in their websites, booking systems and other digital channels. A 30 day free trial is available.

Key information about Australia Visitor Arrivals

• Australia Visitor Arrivals recorded 696,500 person in Sep 2025, compared with 753,320 person in the previous month
• Australia Visitor Arrivals data is updated monthly, available from Jan 1976 to Sep 2025
• The data reached an all-time high of 1,077,720 person in Dec 2019 and a record low of 2,250 person in Apr 2020

The number of visitors to the United States from Australia increased in 2024. In that year, the number of visitors to the U.S. from Australia surpassed one million, up from the previous year's total of 954,481.

Between 2010 and 2019, there was a continuous upward trend in the number of international visitors arriving in Australia. However, the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in the middle of the 2020 financial year saw international visitors to Australia drop to *** million visitors from *** million in the financial year 2019. With lockdowns and travel restrictions all around the world, this trend continued into the 2021 financial year, with international visitors to Australia only at around ******* people. However, the number of international visitors to the country rose in 2022 and 2023 and exceeded ***** million in 2024, indicating a gradual recovery from the aftermath of the pandemic. Sydney leads the way in attracting visitors Sydney continues to be the primary gateway for international tourists, welcoming the most visitors across the leading destinations of international arrivals. The city's appeal extends to domestic travelers as well, topping the lists for both overnight and day trip visitors. In February 2025, Sydney's Kingsford Smith International Airport processed over *** million international passengers, underscoring its role as a key entry point for foreign visitors. International tourists’ reasons for visiting Australia During the financial year 2024, going on holiday and visiting friends and family who live in the country were the most popular reasons to go to Australia among international travelers. Around ***** million people visited for a holiday, and approximately ******* people came for business purposes. Elsewhere, there were about ******* jobseekers who traveled to Australia for employment reasons.

Australia International Tourism: Expenditures: % of Total Imports data was reported at 2.963 % in 2020. This records a decrease from the previous number of 13.730 % for 2019. Australia International Tourism: Expenditures: % of Total Imports data is updated yearly, averaging 10.620 % from Dec 1995 (Median) to 2020, with 26 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 13.730 % in 2019 and a record low of 2.963 % in 2020. Australia International Tourism: Expenditures: % of Total Imports data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Australia – Table AU.World Bank.WDI: Tourism Statistics. International tourism expenditures are expenditures of international outbound visitors in other countries, including payments to foreign carriers for international transport. These expenditures may include those by residents traveling abroad as same-day visitors, except in cases where these are important enough to justify separate classification. For some countries they do not include expenditures for passenger transport items. Their share in imports is calculated as a ratio to imports of goods and services, which comprise all transactions between residents of a country and the rest of the world involving a change of ownership from nonresidents to residents of general merchandise, goods sent for processing and repairs, nonmonetary gold, and services.;World Tourism Organization, Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, and IMF and World Bank imports estimates.;Weighted average;

Australia Visitor Arrivals: By Country: South East Asia: Philippines data was reported at 12,280.000 Movement in Feb 2025. This records an increase from the previous number of 11,770.000 Movement for Jan 2025. Australia Visitor Arrivals: By Country: South East Asia: Philippines data is updated monthly, averaging 3,655.000 Movement from Jan 1991 (Median) to Feb 2025, with 410 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 18,800.000 Movement in Jun 2024 and a record low of 70.000 Movement in Aug 2020. Australia Visitor Arrivals: By Country: South East Asia: Philippines data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Australian Bureau of Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Australia – Table AU.Q006: Visitor Arrivals: Short Term: by Countries. [COVID-19-IMPACT]

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This dataset presents statistics regarding tourism to specific Local Government Areas (LGA) around Australia. The LGAs covered in the data are a subset of the LGA boundaries classified in the 2018 Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS). The data presents statistics for reason for visit, travel party type and accommodation details for trips to the specified LGAs by their location of origin and visit duration. The data values are representative of a yearly average based on the four years of: 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018. Tourism Research Australia (TRA) first developed Local Government Area tourism profiles in 2007 to assist industry and Government decision making and to identify and support investment opportunities, particularly in regional Australia. The latest profiles provide an update for over 200 Local Government Areas. Data are drawn from TRA's International Visitor Survey (IVS) and National Visitor Survey (NVS), along with demographic and business data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). Profiles were only prepared for Local Government Areas with adequate IVS and NVS sample to present robust results. Further, data are averaged over four years, which minimises the impact of variability in estimates from year to year, and provides for more robust volume estimates. For more information please visit TRA. Please note: AURIN has spatially enabled the original data.

Over *** million international travelers visited New South Wales, Australia in the year ended June 2024, considerably more than the previous year. The lifting of travel restrictions in 2022 heavily influenced this increase in the flow of international tourists into the country.

Over *** million visitors to Australia were residents of New Zealand in the year ended June 2024. Visitors from China were the second most prevalent visitor group at just below *******. These numbers represented an increase from the previous year, indicating a recovery from the slump caused by coronavirus pandemic-related travel restrictions worldwide in 2020 and 2021. Why do people visit Australia? From the beautiful beaches on the Gold Coast to the city streets of Sydney, Australia is a popular destination among international and domestic tourists alike. In the 2024 financial year, the majority of visitors to Australia came for a vacation or to see their family or friends living in the country. Around ***** million visited for a holiday, and a little over ******* traveled to the country for business purposes. How much do international visitors spend when in Australia? Total trip expenditure of international visitors contributed about ** billion Australian dollars to the country’s economy in 2024. This marked a rise in spending from the previous year and exceeded pre-pandemic levels, in which international visitor spending came in at around **** billion Australian dollars in 2019. In financial year 2024, those who visited the country for holiday purposes accounted for the highest trip expenditure of international visitor arrivals to Australia by purpose, at approximately **** billion Australian dollars. The second-highest spenders were visitors who went to Australia for education; they spent over **** billion Australian dollars that year.

This dataset presents statistics about the businesses which are involved with tourism in specific Local Government Areas (LGA) around Australia. The LGAs covered in the data are a subset of the LGA boundaries classified in the 2018 Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS). The data represents information about the number of businesses involved in tourism by the number of employees they have employed. The data was sourced for the year 2018. Tourism Research Australia (TRA) first developed Local Government Area tourism profiles in 2007 to assist industry and Government decision making and to identify and support investment opportunities, particularly in regional Australia. The latest profiles provide an update for over 200 Local Government Areas. Data are drawn from TRA's International Visitor Survey (IVS) and National Visitor Survey (NVS), along with demographic and business data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). Profiles were only prepared for Local Government Areas with adequate IVS and NVS sample to present robust results. For more information please visit TRA. Please note: AURIN has spatially enabled the original data.