National Visitor Survey results

Year ending June 2023

The National Visitor Survey (NVS) results provide statistics on how Australian residents travel in 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 June quarter 2023 to the June quarter 2022
• the year ending June 2023 to the year ending June 2022.

Domestic trips and spend key results

June quarter 2023

Domestic tourism softened in the June quarter 2023. Compared to the June quarter 2022:

• spend was up 1% or $192 million to $25.5 billion
• domestic overnight trips were down 2% or 526,000
• nights away were down 5% or 4.7 million.

Business spend continued to strengthen after a slower recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. This was offset by weaker spend on travel for holiday and visiting friends and relatives purposes. Compared to the June quarter 2022 spend on:

• business travel increased by 44% or $2.1 billion to $6.9 billion
• holiday travel decreased by 9% or $1.3 billion to $12.7 billion
• travel for visiting friends and relatives decreased by 8% or $416 million to $5.0 billion.

Year ending June 2023

Year ending June 2023 saw a strong recovery from the year ending June 2022 that was impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. In the year ending June 2023:

• spend was up by 57% or $39.2 billion to $108.3 billion
• overnight trips were up 30% or 25.6 million to 111.4 million
• nights away were up 24% or 77.5 million to 404.7 million.

Compared to the year ending June 2019:

• spend was up 40% or $30.8 billion
• overnight trips were down 2% or 1.9 million
• nights away were up 1% or 4.4 million.

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Explore overnight trips data

Interact with our data for domestic overnight trips for year ending June 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.