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

Published 20 Jan 2020 · Updated 26 June 2025

How many tourists visit Brisbane each year?

About 9.43 million tourists traveled to Brisbane in 2024.

Domestic visitors accounted for roughly 8.15 million, while international visitors made up around 1.28 million trips.
While the number of total visitors continued to grow, it remained below Brisbane’s 2019 peak of 9.49 million.

Column chart of annual tourist arrivals to Brisbane — Annual tourist arrivals to Brisbane.

How much did tourists spend in Brisbane in 2024?

Visitors spend A$11.36 billion on trips to Brisbane in 2024.

Domestic travelers contributed about A$8.25 billion, while international visitors spent around A$3.11 billion.
This total represents an approximately 40% increase compared to the 2019 expenditure peak of A$8.15 billion.

Year ending December (AUD billion).
Total Visitor Spending in Brisbane
Year	International	Domestic
2019	A$2.88 B	A$5.27 B
2023	A$2.94 B	A$7.27 B
2024	A$3.11 B	A$8.25 B

How many people visited Brisbane in 2022?

Over 6.9 million domestic overnight visitors travelled to Brisbane in 2022 (year ending September 2022).

Domestic visitors were up 27% when compared with the over 5.4 million from 2021 (year ending September 2021)
Data for international visitors is not yet available for this period

How much did visitors spend in Brisbane in 2022?

Domestic visitors spent over $5.4 billion during trips to Brisbane in 2022 (year ending September 2022).

Spending was up 67% when compared with the over $3.2 billion spent during 2021 (year ending September 2021)
Data for international visitors is not yet available for this period

How many people visited Brisbane and the Gold Coast in 2021?

For the first quarter of 2021 (January-March), Brisbane and the Gold Coast received over 2.4 million domestic overnight visitors from both interstate and intrastate sources.

Visitors were up 9.2% when compared with the over 2.3 million visitors of the first quarter of 2020.

How much did visitors spend in Brisbane and the Gold Coast in 2021?

Overnight visitors spent over $1.81 billion during visits to Brisbane and the Gold Coast for the first quarter of 2021 (January-March).

Spending was down 1.1% when compared with the over $1.83 billion spent during the first quarter of 2020.

How many tourists visited Brisbane in 2020?

Over 7.3 million visitors travelled to Brisbane in the year ending June 2020¹.

This total was made up of 1.05 million international visitors and over 6.3 million domestic visitors.
Visitors to Brisbane were down 19.7% when compared to the over 9.1 million visitors in 2019.

How much did tourists spend in Brisbane in 2020?

Visitors spent over $6.2 billion during trips to Brisbane in the year ending June 2020¹.

International visitors contributed $2.2 billion while domestic visitors spent over $4 billion.
Spending was down 17.3% when compared to the $7.5 billion spent by visitors in 2019.

How many tourists visited Brisbane in 2019?

9.1 million tourists and other visitors arrived in Brisbane between July 2018 and June 2019¹.

This total includes 1.4 million international visitors and 7.7 million domestic overnight visitors.

Brisbane Tourism Through the Years

Between 2009 and 2019, the number of domestic visitors to Brisbane increased by 73% and the number of international visitors by 50.3%.
Total visitors to Brisbane increased by 7.4% in 2019.

Chart of total visitors to Brisbane over the years — Visitors to Brisbane over time.

How does Brisbane tourism compare with other Australian destinations?

In 2019, Brisbane was the 3rd most popular destination for both international and domestic overnight visitors.

Grouped vertical bar chart ranking Australian destinations by number of international versus domestic visitors in 2019 — Most popular Australian destinations for visitors.

How much money did Brisbane make from tourism in 2019?

Brisbane made $7.6 billion from tourism between July 2018 and June 2019.
$2.7 billion came from international visitors and $4.9 billion from domestic overnight visitors.

Chart comparing tourism revenue across Australian destinations — Which Australian destinations made the most money from tourism.

How much did international tourists spend per night?

At $100 per night, Brisbane ranked 6th for average per-night spend by international tourists.

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

How long do international tourists stay in Brisbane?

International tourists stayed in Brisbane for an average of 19 nights in 2019.
Brisbane ranks 4th overall for average nights.

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

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How many tourists visit Queensland each year?

Over 22.3 million travellers visited Queensland in the year ending June 2020

Read more Queensland tourism statistics

Brisbane Camping & Campervan Statistics

The number of camping trips throughout Queensland has grown by 45.8% over the 10-year period from 2008 to 2018.
In 2018 over 1.3 million overnight camping trips were made in Queensland.
Camping trips – including caravan, campervan, commercial and non-commercial camping – made up 13.9% of visitor nights for domestic travellers to Queensland in 2019 (year ending September)

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References

Tourism Research Australia — International Visitor Survey, National Visitor Survey, Trends · tra.gov.au ↑ b c