From January 2025, a new Domestic Tourism Statistics (DoTS) collection replaced the National Visitors Survey (NVS). See changes to the Australian resident tourism statistics collection in 2025
June quarter 2026
The DoTS results provide data 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.
Unless we say otherwise, we compared the summary results for the June quarter 2026 to the June quarter 2025.
Quarterly snapshot
Domestic overnight trips and spend key results
Overnight spend
$25.7 billion | Up 2%
Overnight trips
27.1 million | Down 2%
Nights on trip
89.0 million | Down 2%
Domestic overnight trips and spend key results
Domestic overnight tourism showed mixed results in the June quarter 2026 compared with the same period last year. Overnight spend was up 2%, while overnight trips and nights were both down 2% compared with the June quarter 2025. The quarter itself saw mixed monthly results with April 2026 down on the same period last year, likely due to impacts on fuel pricing availability due to the Middle East conflict and May 2026 results stronger compared to a weakened May 2025, impacted by adverse weather events.
In the June quarter 2026, Australians spent:
- $7.3 billion on accommodation
- $3.8 billion on domestic airfares
- $3.8 billion on takeaway and restaurant meals
- $2.7 billion on petrol
- $1.5 billion on groceries and self catering.
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Interact with our data for domestic overnight trips for June quarter 2026. You can view the data by:
- state or territory
- interstate or intrastate trips
- reason for travel.
Quarterly snapshot
Domestic day trips and spend key results
Day trip spend
$13.8 billion | Up 23%
Day trips
74.2 million | Up 8%
Domestic day trips and spend key results
In the June quarter 2026, Australians took 74.2 million day trips, spending $13.8 billion.
Of these:
- 37.9 million day trips were for holidays
- 22.8 million day trips were for visiting friends and relatives
- 5.1 million day trips were for business.
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Notes on the data
- Results prior to 2025 are backcast and adjusted to account for differences in methodology between the National Visitor Survey (NVS) and the new Domestic Tourism Statistics which came into effect January 2025. Caution should be used when interpreting comparisons to the backcast data.
- Following a review of the first year of DoTS data, the allocation of interstate and intrastate expenditure has been adjusted to better align with historical treatment used under the National Visitor Survey. This has resulted in an increase in intrastate expenditure and decrease in interstate expenditure. Overall state and regional expenditure results remain unchanged.
- Following the completion of a full year of DoTS data collection, the 2019–2024 backcast estimates have been revised to ensure robustness and consistency. The revisions, which have been published alongside the March quarter 2026 release, bring the backcast series into closer alignment with DoTS trends, better reflecting the methodological change.