Year ending March 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
$18.3 billion | 64% of March 2020 levels
Number of trips
$18.3 billion | 64% of March 2020 levels
Nights spent in Australia
171.0 million | 67% of March 2020 levels
Total spend
$28.8 billion | 69% of March 2020 levels (includes spend outside Australia)
Quarterly snapshot
Spend in Australia
$7.5 billion 100% of March 2020 levels
Number of trips
1.5 million 92% of March 2020 levels
Nights spent in Australia
63.7 million 98% of March 2020 levels
Total spend
11.5 billion 9% up on March 2020 levels (includes spend outside Australia)
- The year ending March 2023 results were based on a combination of sample and imputed data. You can find more information about this on the International Visitor Survey methodology.
- Unless we say otherwise, we compared the summary results for the year ending March 2023 to the year ending March 2020.
- 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, 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.
International trips and spend key results
International visitation to Australia continues to recover, with 4.6 million trips to Australia recorded in the year ending March 2023.
The top reasons for travel to Australia in the year ending March 2023 were:
- Visiting friends and relatives with 2.0 million trips.
- 80% of March 2020 levels.
- Spend in Australia was $3.8 billion, 97% of March 2020 levels.
- Holiday travel with 1.5 million trips.
- 41% of March 2020 levels.
- Spend in Australia was $4.5 billion, 48% of March 2020 levels.
- Business travel with 531,000 trips.
- 57% of March 2020 levels.
- Spend in Australia was $1.5 billion, 78% of March 2020 levels.
- Education with 301,000 trips.
- This was 56% of March 2020 levels.
- Spend in Australia was $6.8 billion, 61% of March 2020 levels.
Top 5 international visitor markets
Australia’s top 5 international markets for the year ending March 2023 were:
- New Zealand with 827,000 trips.
- 67% of March 2020 levels.
- Spend in Australia was $1.3 billion, 85% of March 2020 levels.
- United Kingdom with 512,000 trips.
- 80% of March 2020 levels.
- Spend in Australia was $1.6 billion, 95% of March 2020 levels.
- United States of America with 452,000 trips.
- 63% of March 2020 levels.
- Spend in Australia was $1.3 billion, 72% of March 2020 levels.
- India with 341,000 trips.
- 93% of March 2020 levels, the fastest recovering international market.
- Spend in Australia was $1.3 billion, 7% up on March 2020 levels.
- Singapore with 291,000 trips.
- 75% of March 2020 levels.
- Spend in Australia was $940 million, 94% of March 2020 levels.
Total spend
Total spend in the year ending March 2023 was $28.8 billion. This was 69% of March 2020 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.