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9.3 million tourists visited Australia in 2019 (year ending June 2019). In 2020 the number of international visitors to Australia dropped to 6.7 million due to COVID-19 travel restrictions (year ending June 2020).1 A further decrease in annual tourism visits is expected in 2021.
9.3 million tourists visited Australia between July 2018 and June 2019, the highest number ever recorded.1
Visitors to Australia spent more than $794 million between April 2020 and March 2021. Spending was down 98.1% when compared to the over $41 billion spent during the previous year.
Visitors from the US spent the most, spending just over $115 million during visits to Australia in 2021.
Visitor statistics for 2021 will be available at a later period. For the most recent available 12 month reporting period – April 2020 and March 2021 – the highest number of visitors came from New Zealand with over 13,000 making trips during this period.
The top 5 countries from which visitors came to Australia in this period were New Zealand, USA, UK, India and China.
In the first quarter of 2021 (January-March), Australians made over 24.6 million domestic overnight trips.
International arrivals in March saw a dramatic decrease, significantly impacting Australia’s tourism industry:
Read more: Chinese visitors to Australia statistics