Adelaide Tourism Statistics | How many people visit? (2024)

Published 20 Jan 2020 · Updated 26 June 2025

How many tourists visit Adelaide each year?

Over 3.93 million visitors traveled to Adelaide in 2024.

Adelaide welcomed approximately 3.53 million domestic overnight visitors in the year ending December 2024.
During the same period, around 402,000 international visitors travelled to Adelaide.
Overall visitation to Adelaide recovered close to pre-pandemic levels of 3.93 million tourists, matching pre-pandemic levels from 2019.

Grouped vertical bar chart of Adelaide tourist arrivals by year, comparing international and domestic visitor totals across 2019, 2023 and 2024 — Adelaide tourist arrivals by year — international and domestic visitors.

How much did tourists spend in 2024?

Tourists spend approximately $5.12 billion in Adelaide during the year ending December 2024.

Of this amount, about $3.99 billion was spent by domestic visitors, and roughly $1.13 billion by international visitors.
Total tourism spending in Adelaide has rebounded strongly, exceeding 2019 levels by around 33%, reflecting higher expenditure per trip.

Total Visitor Spending in Adelaide — Year Ending December (AUD Billion)
Year	International	Domestic
2019	A$1.05 B	A$2.81 B
2023	A$1.12 B	A$3.54 B
2024	A$1.13 B	A$3.99 B

Source · TRA.

How many people visited Adelaide in 2021?

For the first quarter of 2021 (January-March), Adelaide received over 568,000 domestic overnight visitors from both interstate and intrastate sources.

Visitors were down 24.7% when compared with the over 755,000 visitors of the first quarter of 2020.

How much did visitors spend in Adelaide in 2021?

Overnight visitors spent over $503 million during visits to Adelaide for the first quarter of 2021 (January-March).

Spending was down 28.2% when compared with the over $701 million spent during the first quarter of 2020.

How many tourists visited Adelaide in 2020?

Over 2.9 million travelled to Adelaide in the year ending June 2020.

This total was made up of 2.6 million domestic visitors and 420,000 international visitors.
Visitors to Adelaide were down 19% when compared to the 3.6 million visitors in 2019.

How much do tourists spend in Adelaide?

Visitors spent over $2.8 billion during trips to Adelaide in the year ending June 2020.

Domestic visitors contributed $2.1 billion while international visitors spent $795 million.
Spending was down 20% when compared to the over $3.5 billion spent by visitors in 2019.

How many tourists visited Adelaide in 2019?

3.6 million tourists and other visitors arrived in Adelaide between July 2018 and June 2019¹.

This total includes 3,200,000 domestic overnight visitors and 419,000 international visitors.

How popular is Adelaide as a tourist destination?

Adelaide is the 6th most popular destination for international tourists in Australia.

Grouped vertical bar chart ranking Australian destinations by number of international versus domestic visitors in 2019 — Australia's most popular destinations by visitor numbers (2019).

How much money did Adelaide make from tourism in 2019?

Tourists spent a total of $3.5 billion in Adelaide in 2019.

Chart comparing tourism revenue across Australian destinations — Australian destinations by total visitor expenditure (2019).

How much do international tourists spend per night in Adelaide?

International tourists spent an average of $122 per night in Adelaide.

Pictorial value display of average international-tourist expenditure per night across Australia's top destinations in 2019, shown as coin icons — Average international-tourist expenditure per night by destination (2019).

How long do international tourists stay in Adelaide?

International tourists stayed an average of 18 nights on trips to Adelaide.

Pictograph of average nights international tourists spent at Australia's top destinations in 2019, shown as rows of dot icons — Average nights international tourists stayed by destination (2019).

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How many tourists visit South Australia each year?

Over 6.8 million travellers visited South Australia in the year ending June 2020

Read more South Australia tourism statistics

Adelaide Camping & Campervan Statistics

The number of camping trips throughout South Australia has grown by 19.5% over the 10-year period from 2008 to 2018.
In 2018 over 690k overnight camping trips were made in South Australia.
Camping trips – including caravan, campervan, commercial and non-commercial camping – made up 20.2% of visitor nights for domestic travellers to South Australia in 2019 (year ending September)

Campervan hire in Australia

References

TRA — International tourism results, Australia, March 2024 · Tourism Research Australia ↑