Tourism is a major export earner for Australia, a source of employment for hundreds of thousands of workers and a key driver of growth in the economy. Unlike many other industries which are concentrated in geographic pockets, the benefits of tourism are widespread, with almost half of all expenditure going into regional Australia.

Tourism is also an industry that cuts across many sectors of the Australian economy — retail trade, accommodation, transport and food services being the most obvious examples. As a result, tourism does not fit within conventional frameworks used to measure economic activity. For this reason, tourism satellite accounts have been created to quantify the differing contributions from other industries, and to estimate the value of the visitor economy.

Tourist Arrivals in Australia decreased to 761230 in March from 787770 in February of 2025. This dataset provides - Australia Tourist Arrivals - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Australia Visitor Spending: France data was reported at 207.485 AUD mn in Sep 2019. This records an increase from the previous number of 133.796 AUD mn for Jun 2019. Australia Visitor Spending: France data is updated quarterly, averaging 165.634 AUD mn from Sep 2005 (Median) to Sep 2019, with 57 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 245.501 AUD mn in Dec 2018 and a record low of 57.762 AUD mn in Jun 2006. Australia Visitor Spending: France data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Tourism Research Australia. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Australia – Table AU.Q022: Visitor Spending: by Purpose and by Countries (Discontinued).