From January 2025, a new Domestic Tourism Statistics (DoTS) collection replaced the National Visitors Survey (NVS). See changes to the Australian resident tourism statistics collection in 2025
September quarter 2025
The DoTS results provide data on how Australian residents travel within Australia. You can find national, state and territory results for the:
- number of trips taken
- nights spent on a trip
- amount spent on a trip.
Unless we say otherwise, we compared the summary results for the September quarter 2025 to the September quarter 2024.
Note: September Quarter 2024 results are backcast and adjusted to account for differences in methodology between the National Visitor Survey (NVS) and the new Domestic Tourism Statistics which came into effect January 2025. Caution should be used when interpreting comparisons to the backcast data.
Quarterly snapshot
Domestic overnight trips and spend key results
Compared to September quarter 2024.
Overnight spend
$25.4 billion | Down 5%
Overnight trips
27.0 million | Up 2%
Nights on trip
89.4 million | On par
Domestic overnight trips and spend key results
Domestic tourism results show a small increase in overnight trips but lower spend when compared with the same period last year. This continues the trend observed in recent quarters of Australians continuing to travel domestically but remaining cautious with their spending.
In the September quarter 2025, Australians spent:
- $6.8 billion on accommodation
- $4.2 billion on domestic airfares
- $3.8 billion on takeaway and restaurant meals
- $2.7 billion on petrol
- $1.5 billion on shopping.
Explore overnight trips data
Interact with our data for domestic overnight trips for September quarter 2025. You can view the data by:
- state or territory
- interstate or intrastate trips
- reason for travel.
Quarterly snapshot
Domestic daytrips and spend key results
Daytrip spend
$12.5 billion
Daytrips
72.3 million
Domestic daytrips and spend key results
In the September quarter 2025, Australians took 72.3 million daytrips, spending $12.5 billion.
Of these:
- 36.7 million daytrips were for holidays
- 22.0 million daytrips were for visiting friends and relatives
- 5.4 million daytrips were for business.
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Notes on the data
- Results prior to 2025 are backcast and adjusted to account for differences in methodology between the National Visitor Survey (NVS) and the new Domestic Tourism Statistics which came into effect January 2025. Caution should be used when interpreting comparisons to the backcast data.
- Following a review of the first year of DoTS data, the allocation of interstate and intrastate expenditure has been adjusted to better align with historical treatment used under the National Visitor Survey. This has resulted in an increase in intrastate expenditure and decrease in interstate expenditure. Overall state and regional expenditure results remain unchanged.
- Following the completion of a full year of DoTS data collection, the 2019–2024 backcast estimates have been revised to ensure robustness and consistency. The revisions, which have been published alongside the March quarter 2026 release, bring the backcast series into closer alignment with DoTS trends, better reflecting the methodological change.
- For the latest revised data, please refer to the Domestic tourism statistics results page.