National Visitor Survey results

The December quarter 2024 figures below are the last for the National Visitor Survey (NVS). From January 2025, a new Domestic Tourism Statistics (DoTS) collection is replacing the NVS. See Changes to the Australian resident tourism statistics collection in 2025.

Year ending December 2024

The National Visitor Survey (NVS) results provide statistics on how Australian residents travel within Australia. You can find national, state and territory results for the:

• number of trips taken
• nights spent on a trip
• amount spent on a trip.

You can also read about the factors influencing travel in Australia.

Unless we say otherwise, we compared the summary results for:

• the December quarter 2024 to the December quarter 2023
• the year ending December 2024 to the year ending December 2023.

Note: December month 2024 data was partially imputed to account for interviews not collected in January 2025.

Domestic trips and spend key results

December quarter 2024

Domestic tourism remained stable in the December quarter 2024. Compared to the December quarter 2023:

• spend was on par
• domestic overnight trips were up 1% or 424,000
• nights away were on par.

Year ending December 2024

The year ending December 2024 saw similar results when compared to year ending December 2023. In the year ending December 2024:

• spend was up by 1% or $1.0 billion to $110.3 billion
• overnight trips were up 2% or 2.4 million to 115.0 million
• nights away were down 1% or 5.0 million to 397.5 million.

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Explore overnight trips data

Interact with our data for domestic overnight trips for year ending December 2023/24. You can view the data by:

• state or territory
• capital city or region
• interstate or intrastate trips
• accommodation type
• reason for travel.

Data tables

More information

• National Visitor Survey methodology.
• Data tables and other publications.
• Domestic tourism trends.