Tourism fast facts
Domestic overnight travellers
Trips: 113.0 million (+0.2%)
Spend: $106.7 billion (-1.9%)
Period: Year-ending Dec 2025
Domestic day travellers
Trips: 277.4 million (+9%)
Spend: $46.4 billion (+19%)
Period: Year-ending Dec 2025
International visitors
Trips: 8.9 million (+8%)
Spend: $39.2 billion (+19%)
Period: Year-ending Dec 2025
All traveller types
Trips: 399.3 million (+6%)
Spend: $192.4 billion (+7%)
Period: Year-ending Dec 2025
Tourism GDP
$81.1 billion (+3.8%)
2.9% of Australia’s total GDP
Period: FY 2024-25
Tourism jobs
737,000 (+5%)
4.5% of all Australian jobs
Period: Dec 2025
Tourism-related businesses
361,000 (+0.1%)
13.2% of all Australian businesses
Period: Jun 2025
International airline seats (incoming)
27.7 million (+7%)
Period: Year-ending Nov 2025
Note: Figures in brackets show year-on-year change.
Latest data and reports
| Publish date | Data or report name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| May 2026 | State tourism satellite account | State tourism economic data |
| June 2026 | Regional tourism satellite account | Regional tourism economic data |
| June 2026 | Benchmark report | Insights on demand and supply trends in Australia's visitor economy |
| 24 June 2026 | DoTS and IVS data publication (data to March 2026) | Quarterly TRA data on domestic and international trips, nights and spend (data to March 2026) |