International tourism results

Year ending March 2024

The International Visitor Survey (IVS) results provide statistics on how international visitors travel within Australia. You can find national, state and territory results for the:

• number of trips taken
• nights spent on a trip
• amount spent in Australia
• total amount spent on a trip.

You can also:

• read about the factors influencing international travel to Australia
• see the changes compared over different time frames impacted by COVID-19
• read about the return of international visitors to Australia.

Notes on the data

• The IVS estimates now include the Philippines and Vietnam as separate markets (previously grouped in Other Asia). Please see the IVS methodology page for more detail. 
• We imputed the Darwin port sample in the March 2024 month due to insufficient interviews being conducted. The imputed estimates did not have a significant impact on the quarterly results.
• Unless we say otherwise, we compared the summary results for: 
  • the March 2024 quarter to the March quarter 2019
  • the year ending March 2024 to the year ending March 2019.
• Spend is reported as spend in Australia. Spend in Australia is different to total spend. Total spend includes: 
  • purchases made overseas such as international connections and stopovers, including airfares
  • other pre-travel or post-travel spend in the source market or elsewhere outside Australia on things like luggage, visas, duty-free retail and ground transport. 

International trips and spend key results

International visitation to Australia continues to recover, with 7.2 million trips to Australia recorded in the year ending March 2024. 

The top reasons for travel to Australia in the year ending March 2024 were:

• Holiday travel with 2.9 million trips. 
  • 75% of March 2019 levels. 
  • Spend in Australia was $9.7 billion, 96% of March 2019 levels.
• Visiting friends and relatives with 2.5 million trips. 
  • On par with March 2019 levels. 
  • Spend in Australia was $4.8 billion, 15% up on March 2019 levels.
• Business travel with 742,000 trips. 
  • 74% of March 2019 levels.
  • Spend in Australia was $2.1 billion, 93% of March 2019 levels. 
• Education with 463,000 trips.
  • This was 79% of March 2019 levels.
  • Spend in Australia was $11.3 billion, 97% of March 2019 levels.

Top 5 international visitor markets

Australia’s top 5 international markets for the year ending March 2024 were:

• New Zealand with 1.2 million trips.
  • 96% of March 2019 levels. 
  • Spend in Australia was $2.1 billion, 28% up on March 2019 levels. 
• China with 681,000 trips.
  • 51% of March 2019 levels. 
  • Spend in Australia was $7.2 billion, 73% of March 2019 levels. 
• United States of America with 663,000 trips.
  • 88% of March 2019 levels.
  • Spend in Australia was $2.1 billion, 6% up on March 2019 levels.
• United Kingdom with 578,000 trips. 
  • 86% of March 2019 levels.
  • Spend in Australia was $2.0 billion, 8% up on March 2019 levels. 
• India with 390,000 trips.
  • 14% up on March 2019 levels.
  • Spend in Australia was $1.5 billion, 21% up on March 2019 levels. 

Total spend

Total spend in the year ending March 2024 was $46.8 billion. This was 6% up on March 2019 levels. Total spend includes: 

• purchases made overseas such as international connections and stopovers, including airfares
• other pre-travel or post-travel spend in the source market or elsewhere outside Australia on things like luggage, visas, duty-free retail and ground transport.

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Data tables

More information

• Explore data from our international and national visitor surveys using TRA online. Find out more on our Services page.
• Read the International Visitor Survey Methodology.
• Find older data tables and other publications on the Data and research page.