Year ending March 2021
Coronavirus (COVID-19) has had a large impact on international travel to Australia in the past year. Our data shows the effects of this on Australia’s tourism industry.
You can:
- read about the factors influencing international travel to Australia.
- see the changes compared over the various timeframes impacted by bushfires and Coronavirus (COVID-19).
Quarterly snapshot
International visitor spend
Year ending March 2021 | $794 million | Down 98.1%
International visitors
Year ending March 2021 | 60,212 | Down 99.3%
Visitor nights
Year ending March 2021 | 6.2 million | Down 97.6%
Key results
Key results for the year ending March 2021 include:
- international visitor numbers fell by 99.3% to 60,212
- international visitor spend was down 98.1% to $794 million
- visitor nights were down 97.6% to 6.2 million.
Total international and domestic tourism losses for the year ending March 2021 reached $82.9 billion.
International tourism saw losses of $40.7 billion overall for the year ending March 2021. This was due to international border closures caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Over the same period, there were further losses of:
- $33.1 billion from domestic overnight travel
- $9.1 billion from domestic day travel.
Australia’s top 5 markets
Australia’s top 5 international visitor markets saw significant losses:
- Chinese visitor numbers fell 99.8%. This was a loss of 1.1 million visitors. Spend fell 99.4% or $10.1 billion.
- New Zealand visitor numbers fell 98.9%. This was a loss of 1.2 million visitors. Spend fell 95.4% or $2.4 billion.
- The United States of America visitor numbers fell 99.0%. This was a loss of 707,000 visitors. Spend fell 96.9% or $3.6 billion.
- United Kingdom visitor numbers fell 99.1%. This was a loss of 631,000 visitors. Spend fell 97.1% or $3.1 billion.
- Japanese visitor numbers fell 99.8%. This was a loss of 424,000 visitors. Spend fell 99.6% or $2.0 billion.