Year ending March 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 March quarter 2024 to the March quarter 2023
- the year ending March 2024 to the year ending March 2023.
Quarterly snapshot
March quarter 2024
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Overnight spend
$27.4 billion | On par
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Overnight trips
28.8 million | Up 2%
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Nights on trip
107.6 million | Down 1%
Annual snapshot
Year ending March 2024
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Overnight spend
$109.4 billion | Up 1%
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Overnight trips
113.0 million | Up 1%
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Nights on trip
401.2 million | Down 2%
Domestic trips and spend key results
March quarter 2024
Domestic tourism growth continued to stabilise in the March quarter 2024. Compared to the March quarter 2023:
- spend was on par
- domestic overnight trips were up 2% or 449,000
- nights away were down 1% or 1.3 million.
Travel to capital cities recorded strong results in March quarter 2024 compared to March quarter 2023. Comparatively, travel to regional areas was softer.
Year ending March 2024
The year ending March 2024 saw similar results when compared to year ending March 2023. In the year ending March 2024:
- spend was up by 1% or $1.3 billion to $109.4 billion
- overnight trips were up 1% or 1.1 million to 113.0 million
- nights away were down 2% or 8.2 million to 401.2 million.
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Explore overnight trips data
Interact with our data for domestic overnight trips for year ending March 2023/24. You can view the data by:
- state or territory
- capital city or region
- interstate or intrastate trips
- accommodation type
- reason for travel.