Year ending June 2023
The International Visitor Survey (IVS) results provide statistics on how international visitors travel in 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.
Annual snapshot
Spend in Australia
$21.9 billion | 71% of June 2019 levels
Number of trips
5.4 billion | 63% of June 2019 levels
Nights spent in Australia
193.3 million | 71% of June 2019 levels
Total spend
$34.4 billion | 77% of June 2019 levels (includes spend outside Australia)
Quarterly snapshot
Spend in Australia
$5.6 billion 100% of June 2019 levels
Number of trips
1.5 million 79% of June 2019 levels
Nights spent in Australia
49.4 million 91% of June 2019 levels
Total spend
$8.6 billion 4% up on June 2019 levels (includes spend outside Australia)
Notes on the data
- The year ending June 2023 results are drawn from a combination of sample and imputed data. You can find more information about this on the International Visitor Survey methodology page.
- Unless stated otherwise, the summary results are compared to the following:
- the June 2023 quarter to the June quarter 2019
- the year ending June 2023 to the year ending June 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 expenses such as luggage, visas, duty-free retail and ground transport.
International trips and spend key results
The number of international visitors to Australia continues to increase as the world recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic. In the year ending June 2023, there were 5.4 million trips to Australia.
The top reasons for travel to Australia in the year ending June 2023 were:
- Visiting friends and relatives with 2.2 million trips.
- 86% of June 2019 levels.
- Spend in Australia was $4.2 billion, 99% of June 2019 levels.
- Holiday travel with 1.9 million trips.
- 47% of June 2019 levels.
- Spend in Australia was $5.9 billion, 57% of June 2019 levels.
- Business travel with 621,000 trips.
- 62% of June 2019 levels.
- Spend in Australia was $1.7 billion, 78% of June 2019 levels.
- Education with 346,000 trips.
- This was 59% of June 2019 levels.
- Spend in Australia was $8.2 billion, 70% of June 2019 levels.
The proportion of trips to Australia for holiday purposes continued to increase from 32% in the year ending March 2023 to 35% in the year ending June 2023. This is the highest proportion since falling to 3% in the year ending March 2021 as a result of international border closures.
Top 5 international visitor markets
Australia’s top 5 international markets for the year ending June 2023 were:
- New Zealand with 978,000 trips
- 77% of June 2019 levels.
- Spend in Australia was $1.7 billion, 3% up on June 2019 levels.
- United Kingdom with 537,000 trips.
- 80% of June 2019 levels.
- Spend in Australia was $1.7 billion, 90% of June 2019 levels.
- United States of America with 522,000 trips.
- 68% of June 2019 levels.
- Spend in Australia was $1.7 billion, 84% of June 2019 levels.
- India with 363,000 trips.
- 4% up on June 2019 levels.
- Spend in Australia was $1.4 billion, 14% up on June 2019 levels.
- Singapore with 309,000 trips.
- 76% of June 2019 levels.
- Spend in Australia was $1.0 billion, 95% of June 2019 levels.
Total spend
Total spend in the year ending June 2023 was $34.4 billion. This was 77% of June 2019 levels. Total spend includes purchases made overseas such as international connections and stopovers, including airfares, and 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.
Data tables
More information
- Explore data from our international and national visitor surveys using TRA Online.
- International Visitor Survey Methodology.
- Data and research.