A note on data
From 1 January 2025, the collection of the international visitor survey transitioned to a new service provider. Following this change, TRA has been closely monitoring the results to ensure that the data continues to be of high quality and fit for purpose. An issue was found with the March quarter spend data, meaning it has had to be revised. As a result, the data has been amended in this publication since the initial release.
Year ending March 2025
The International Visitor Survey (IVS) results provide statistics on how international visitors travel within 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
- read about the return of international visitors to Australia.
Quarterly snapshot
Spend in Australia
$11.3 billion | 10% up on March 2024 levels
Number of trips
2.1 million | 2% up on March 2024 levels
Nights spent in Australia
88.9 million | 2% up on March 2024 levels
Total spend
$15.9 billion | 5% up on March 2024 levels (includes spend outside Australia)
Annual snapshot
Spend in Australia
$33.9 billion | 10% up on March 2024 levels
Number of trips
7.7 million | 7% up on March 2024 levels
Nights spent in Australia
296.4 million | 11% up on March 2024 levels
Total spend
$49.7 billion | 6% up on March 2024 levels (includes spend outside Australia)
Notes on the data
- The IVS estimates now include the Philippines and Vietnam as separate markets (previously grouped in Other Asia). Please see the IVS survey methodology page for more detail.
- Unless we say otherwise, we compared the summary results for:
- the March quarter 2025 to the March quarter 2024
- the year ending March 2025 to the year ending March 2024.
- 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 things like luggage, visas, duty-free retail and ground transport.
International trips and spend key results
International visitation to Australia reached 7.7 million trips to Australia in the year ending March 2025.
The top reasons for travel to Australia in the year ending March 2025 were:
- Holiday travel with 3.3 million trips.
- 11% up on March 2024 levels.
- Spend in Australia was $11.0 billion, 14% up on March 2024 levels.
- Visiting friends and relatives with 2.6 million trips.
- 3% up on March 2024 levels.
- Spend in Australia was $5.0 billion, 4% up on March 2024 levels.
- Business travel with 772,000 trips.
- 4% up on March 2024 levels.
- Spend in Australia was $2.0 billion, 8% down on March 2024 levels.
- Education with 509,000 trips.
- This was 10% up on March 2024 levels.
- Spend in Australia was $12.4 billion, 10% up on March 2024 levels.
Proportion of trips
Top 5 international visitor markets
Australia’s top 5 international markets for the year ending March 2025 were:
- New Zealand with 1.2 million trips.
- 2% up on March 2024 levels.
- Spend in Australia was $2.1 billion, on par with March 2024 levels.
- China with 860,000 trips.
- 26% up on March 2024 levels.
- Spend in Australia was $9.1 billion, 26% up on March 2024 levels.
- United States of America with 672,000 trips.
- 1% up on March 2024 levels.
- Spend in Australia was $2.1 billion, 1% down on March 2024 levels.
- United Kingdom with 613,000 trips.
- 6% up on March 2024 levels.
- Spend in Australia was $2.2 billion, 10% up on March 2024 levels.
- India with 427,000 trips.
- 10% up on March 2024 levels.
- Spend in Australia was $1.8 billion, 20% up on March 2024 levels.
Pre-COVID19 Comparison
International tourism to Australia has recovered following the COVID-19 pandemic. In the year ending March 2025:
- spend in Australia was 11% up on March 2019 levels.
- number of trips were 90% of March 2019 levels.
- nights spent in Australia were 10% up on March 2019 levels.
- total trip spend was 12% up on March 2019 levels.
Total spend
Total spend in the year ending March 2025 was $49.7 billion. This was 6% up on March 2024 levels. 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 things like luggage, visas, duty-free retail and ground transport.
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Data tables
More information
- Explore data from our international and national visitor surveys using TRA online. Find out more on our Services page.
- Read the IVS survey methodology page.
- Find older data tables and other publications on our Data and research page.