Northern Territory summary

Gross State Product (GSP)

$1.4 billion
Down 27% compared with 2019–20
Down 47% compared with 2018–19

Gross Value Added (GVA)

$1.2 billion
Down 26% compared with 2019–20
Down 46% compared with 2018–19

Employment

10,700 persons
Down 13% compared with 2019–20
Down 29% compared with 2018–19

Tourism GSP 

In 2020–21: 

  • Direct tourism GSP in the Northern Territory (NT) was worth $0.655 billion. This was down:
    • 24% on 2019–20
    • 43% on 2018–19.
    It was a 2.6% direct share of total territory GSP. This was down:
    • 0.7 percentage points on 2019–20
    • 1.9 percentage points on 2018–19.
  • Total territory GSP was worth $25.1 billion. It was:
    • down 4.8% on 2019–20
    • up 0.1% on 2018–19.
  • Indirect tourism GSP was worth an extra $0.719 billion to the NT’s economy. It was down:
    • 29% on 2019–20
    • 50% on 2018–19. 
  • Total tourism GSP (both direct and indirect) was worth $1.4 billion to the NT’s economy. It was down:
    • 27% on 2019–20
    • 47% on 2018–19. 

Tourism GVA  

In 2020–21: 

  • Direct tourism GVA in the NT was worth $0.589 billion. This was down:
    • 25% on 2019–20
    • 43% on 2018–19. 
    This was a 2.5% direct share of total territory GVA. It was down:
    • 0.6 percentage points on 2019–20
    • 1.9 percentage points on 2018–19. 
  • Total territory GVA was worth $23.9 billion. It was:
    • down 5.6% on 2019–20
    • up 0.3% on 2018–19.
  • Indirect tourism GVA was worth an extra $0.580 billion to the NT’s economy. It was down:
    • 26% on 2019–20
    • 48% on 2018–19.
  • Total tourism GVA (both direct and indirect) was worth $1.2 billion to the NT’s economy. It was down:
    • 26% on 2019–20
    • 46% on 2018–19. 

Tourism employment  

In 2020–21: 

  • Direct tourism employment in the NT accounted for 6,800 employees. It was down:
    • 9.5% on 2019–20
    • 20% on 2018–19.
    This was a 5.2% direct share of total territory employment. It was down:
    • 0.4 percentage points on 2019–20
    • 1.2 percentage points on 2018–19. 
  • Total territory employment was 131,000 employees. It was down:
    • 0.5% on 2019–20
    • 0.8% on 2018–19. 
  • Indirect tourism accounted for 3,900 employees in the NT. It was down:
    • 19 % on 2019–20
    • 41% on 2018–19. 
  • Total tourism employment (both direct and indirect) accounted for 10,700 employees in the NT. It was down:
    • 13% on 2019–20
    • 29% on 2018–19. 

Definitions

About direct contribution 

Direct contribution is money spent directly in the tourism industry. Without a tourism industry in the NT:

  • this money wouldn’t be generated in the Australian economy
  • this employment wouldn’t be created in the NT workforce.

About indirect contribution

Indirect contribution is the flow-on effect of the tourism industry. For every dollar spent in the tourism industry in NT, an extra 82 cents were spent elsewhere in the economy.  

Why we use GVA  

GVA allows easier comparisons across industries. GVA is equal to GSP minus taxes.