National Visitor Survey results

Year ending December 2023

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 2023 to the December quarter 2022
• the year ending December 2023 to the year ending December 2022.

Domestic trips and spend key results

December quarter 2023

Domestic tourism growth continued to moderate in the December quarter 2023 following strong results in 2022. Compared to the December quarter 2022:

• spend was up 2% or $637 million to $28.1 billion
• domestic overnight trips were up 4% or 974,000
• nights away were on par.

Intrastate travel drove the results in the December quarter 2023, while interstate travel was softer. Business travel also continued to improve when compared to the December quarter 2022.

Year ending December 2023

The year ending December 2023 saw similar results when compared to year ending December 2022. In the year ending December 2022:

• spend was up by 8% or $8.1 billion to $109.3 billion
• overnight trips were up 4% or 4.4 million to 112.6 million
• nights away were up 1% or 2.7 million to 402.4 million.

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Explore overnight trips data

Interact with our data for domestic overnight trips for year ending December 2023. 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.
• National Visitor Survey monthly snapshot.