Australia Tourism Statistics for November 2026

Each column is a financial year from July to June, in nominal Australian dollars, from the national tourism accounts. The 2024-25 figure includes A$7.57 billion of education services. The calendar-year survey estimate of A$39.2 billion for 2025 counts spending made in Australia only; including airfares and other spending outside Australia, total trip spend was A$55.7 billion. Visitors from China made up 29% of spending in Australia in 2025, the United Kingdom 7%, and New Zealand and the United States 6% each. In the 12 months to June 2026 spending in Australia was A$40.5 billion, up 16%.

Shares are for 2025, based on 8,937,390 short-term visitor arrivals and the main reason for journey given on arrival. "Business and conferences" combines 486,190 business and 276,530 convention or conference arrivals. Shares add to slightly more than 100% because of rounding.

Tourism GDP measures only the direct contribution of tourism. Tourism value added was A$69.5 billion, and international visitors accounted for 22.9% of tourism GDP. For calendar 2025, a separate estimate puts total visitor spending at A$192.4 billion, up 6.5%, with 113 million domestic overnight trips. Australian residents made 12.55 million short-term trips abroad in 2025, counted as resident returns, more than the number of visitor arrivals.

• Arrival figures come from the ABS Overseas Arrivals and Departures release for August 2026, published 13 October 2026, using the original (not seasonally adjusted) series. The ABS publishes monthly figures, rounded to the nearest ten; calendar-year totals (8,937,390 for 2025), the January–August totals (5,766,120 for 2026, 5,632,410 for 2025) and the 12-month total to August 2026 (9,071,100) are sums of those monthly figures.
• Short-term visitor arrivals are overseas residents arriving in Australia for a stay of less than one year. The ABS counts movements, not persons. Country of residence and main reason for journey come from the incoming passenger card. Australian residents returning from trips abroad are counted separately as resident returns.
• The calendar-year figure of A$39.2 billion is spend in Australia from the TRA International Visitor Survey for the year ending December 2025. The survey is based on about 30,000 interviews a year at airports and is weighted to Department of Home Affairs visitor numbers; it estimated 8.3 million trips in 2025, fewer than the border count. Total spend of A$55.7 billion also includes spending outside Australia, such as international airfares. The ABS Tourism Satellite Account figure (A$42.3 billion, 2024-25 financial year) measures international tourism consumption within Australia and includes education services. All values are nominal Australian dollars.
• Tourism GDP, value added, consumption and filled jobs are from the ABS Tourism Satellite Account 2024-25, released 17 December 2025, for the financial year July 2024 to June 2025. It is the first edition to use TRA's new Domestic Tourism Statistics collection in place of the National Visitor Survey, and earlier years were backcast and revised, so comparisons with earlier editions need care. The calendar-2025 figures of A$192.4 billion in total visitor spending and 113 million domestic overnight trips are from the TRA annual benchmark report.
• No official national accommodation occupancy series or attraction visitor counts are used, so those sections are omitted. The national tourism accounts for 2025-26 are due on 2 December 2026.

Primary sources

• Australian Bureau of Statistics: Overseas Arrivals and Departures, Australia, August 2026 : Short-term visitor arrivals and resident returns by month (Table 1), country of residence (Table 5), length of stay and reason for journey (Table 6) and state of stay (Table 11), original series, released 13 October 2026; annual totals on this page are sums of the monthly figures.
• Australian Bureau of Statistics: Overseas Arrivals and Departures, Australia, December 2025 : Release of 12 February 2026: 1,036,660 short-term visitor arrivals in December 2025, up 9.7% on December 2024.
• Australian Bureau of Statistics: Overseas Arrivals and Departures, Australia methodology, August 2026 : Definitions of short-term movements, country of residence, reason for journey and state of stay; counts are movements, not persons.
• Australian Bureau of Statistics: Tourism Satellite Account, 2024-25 : Financial years July to June, 2016-17 to 2024-25: tourism GDP and value added (Table 1), tourism consumption by type of visitor (Table 4.2), tourism filled jobs (Table 5.1) and average consumption per inbound trip (Table 6.2), current prices, released 17 December 2025; first edition using the new domestic tourism collection, with earlier years backcast.
• Tourism Research Australia: International Visitor Survey results, year ending December 2025 : Trips, nights, spend in Australia and total spend for calendar 2025 by purpose of visit, with comparisons to 2024 and 2019.
• Tourism Research Australia: International Visitor Survey results, December quarter 2025 : Report on the year ending December 2025: shares of spend in Australia by market (China 29%, United Kingdom 7%, New Zealand and United States 6% each).
• Tourism Research Australia: International Visitor Survey results, year ending June 2026 : Trips (8.4 million), nights, spend in Australia ($40.5 billion, up 16%) and total spend for July 2025 to June 2026.
• Tourism Research Australia: International Visitor Survey methodology : Airport interview sample of 30,000 a year since 2023, weighted to Department of Home Affairs visitor numbers.
• Tourism Research Australia: Annual benchmark report, Australia's visitor economy in 2025 : Calendar 2025: total visitor spending of $192.4 billion (up 6.5%), 113 million domestic overnight trips and 8.9 million international arrivals.