Hong Kong Tourism in Australia - Statistics [2019]

Updated: 7 January 2020

How many tourists from Hong Kong visit Australia each year?

309,500 Hong Kong tourists visited Australia between July 2018 and June 2019, the highest number of visitors ever recorded.1

Hong Kong tourism through the years

  • Hong Kong visitors grew by 3.6% in 2018/19.
  • The number has increased steadily since 2011.
South Korean visitors to Australia between 1990 and 2019.
Data source: ABS. Image credit: Camper Champ

Hong Kong's share in the Australian tourism industry

  • Hong Kong contributed 3.4 percent of all visitors to Australia in 2018/19.

Top countries that sent visitors to Australia in 2019

Data source: ABS. Image credit: Camper Champ

Hong Kong's contribution to tourism expenditure

  • At $1.4B, Hong Kong contributed 3.1% of all tourism expenditure in 2018/19.2
  • The main expenditure was from holidaymakers, at $558M.
  • The highest average spenders were those visiting for business, at $607 per night.

Travel Statistics Resources

References

  1. ABS: Overseas Arrivals and Departures, Australia, August 2019 ↩
  2. TRA: International Visitor Survey, 2019 ↩