Cairns Tourism Statistics
Updated: 08 October 2020
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How many tourists visit Cairns each year?
Over 3 million tourists and other visitors arrived in Cairns in 2019.1
- This figure includes 799,000 international visitors, over 1.1 million domestic overnight visitors and over 1.1 million domestic day trip visitors.
Impact of Coronavirus Travel Ban
- A travel ban implemented by the Australian government on the 1st of February 2020 for non-citizens travelling from or through China is expected to cause significant disruption for Chinese visitors to Cairns
Quotes and Media Statements
“There have been more than $10 million in direct bookings in the Cairns and Great Barrier Reef region cancelled to date as a result of the coronavirus. (…) Tourism Tropical North Queensland members have seen more than 25,000 direct cancellations of experiences and accommodation.” Mark Olsen, Tourism Tropical North Queensland CEO, 3 February 2020 2
How much money does Cairns make from tourism?
- Tourists spent a total of $2.4 billion in Cairns in 2019.
- Visitors spent an average of $787 per trip.
- This equated to an average spend of $232 per night.
- International tourists spent an average of $188 per night.
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
Cairns camping & campervan statistics
- The number of camping trips throughout Queensland has grown by 45.8% over the 10-year period from 2008 to 2018.3
- 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)
Other resources
Travel Statistics Resources
- Australian Travel Statistics – Overview
- Adelaide Statistics
- Brisbane Statistics
- Darwin Statistics
- Gold Coast Statistics
- Melbourne Statistics
- New South Wales Statistics
- Northern Territory Statistics
- Perth Statistics
- Queensland Statistics
- South Australia Statistics
- Sydney Statistics
- Tasmania Statistics
- Victoria Statistics
- Western Australia Statistics