Indian Tourists in Australia – Statistics (2026)

At a Glance

• Over 429,000 Indian visitors travelled to Australia in 2025, up 1.9% on 2024.¹
• Indian arrivals are down 6.5% in 2026 so far: 276,670 from January to August, against 295,800 a year earlier.²
• The 2025 total was 13.9% above the pre-pandemic level of 377,000 in 2019.³
• India was Australia's 5th-largest international visitor market in 2025, with 5.2% of all visitor trips.¹
• Indian visitors spent $2.54 billion on their trips in 2025, including $1.83 billion within Australia — 4.7% of all international visitor spending.¹
• 60% came to visit friends and relatives, compared with 34% of all international visitors.⁴
• Indian visitors stayed an average of 66 nights per trip, well above the 38-night average for all international visitors.¹

Over 429,000 Indian tourists visited Australia in 2025¹.

• That was 1.9% more than the 421,000 Indian visitors recorded in 2024.¹
• It was also 13.9% higher than the 377,000 visitors recorded in 2019³, before the pandemic.
• India ranked 5th among all international visitor markets to Australia in 2025.

451,530 short-term visitor arrivals from India were recorded in 2025, up 1.8% on 2024 and the most in any year.²

• Arrivals grew every year from 2015 to 2019, when they reached 399,300.²
• They fell to 83,960 in 2020 and just 12,960 in 2021², while Australia's border was closed during the pandemic.
• Numbers have risen every year since, passing the 2019 level in 2024.²

These are Australian Bureau of Statistics arrival counts, so they run higher than the Tourism Research Australia visitor figures at the top of the page.

The chart below goes further back, using financial years (July to June). Indian arrivals have grown more than 40-fold since 1991/92, when fewer than 10,000 arrived.²

India was Australia's 5th-largest international visitor market in 2025, with 429,000 trips, or 5.2% of all international visitor trips.¹

• Indian visitors' $1.83 billion of spending in Australia was the 5th-highest of any country and 4.7% of all international visitor spending.¹
• Chinese tourists were the top spenders, at $11.25 billion.¹
• India sent more visitors than Singapore and Japan, but fewer than New Zealand, China, the United Kingdom and the United States.¹

The table below shows the 10 countries that sent the most visitors to Australia in 2025.

Victoria is the state Indian visitors go to most: 48% of them went there in 2025, ahead of New South Wales (42%). Across all international visitors, New South Wales comes first (50%) and Victoria second (34%).⁴

• Queensland: 16% of Indian visitors (all visitors: 29%)
• Western Australia: 12% (all visitors: 13%)
• South Australia: 6% (all visitors: 5%)
• Australian Capital Territory: 4% (all visitors: 2%)
• Northern Territory: 3% (all visitors: 3%)
• Tasmania: 1% (all visitors: 3%)⁴

Many visitors go to more than one state, so these shares add up to more than 100%.

92% of Indian visitors went to a capital city or the Gold Coast, the same share as all international visitors. Only 21% went anywhere else in Australia, against 29% of all visitors.⁴

Indian visitors by state

• New South Wales: 179,000 Indian visitors in 2025, down 1.3% on 2024. They stayed 45.9 nights on average and spent $593 million in the state, up 19.5%.⁷
• Queensland: 70,000 Indian visitors, down 20.1% on 2024. They spent $207.3 million in the state.⁸

We could not find 2025 Indian visitor numbers for the other states and territories.

Hiring a campervan in Australia typically costs $148 to $196 a day, depending on where you pick it up. The figures come from Camper Champ's own checks of supplier quotes for a 7-day budget or mid-range hire, made in October 2026. All prices are in Australian dollars.

• Cheapest pick-up cities: Brisbane ($148 a day), Sydney ($149) and Melbourne ($152).
• Most expensive: Hobart ($196 a day) and Darwin ($185).
• Cheapest time to hire: June, when rates in most cities fall to between $131 and $169 a day.
• Most expensive time: January, the height of the Australian summer, when rates in most cities reach $185 to $232 a day.
• Best deals: offers start at about $70 a day in Sydney, Cairns and Brisbane.

Driving with an Indian licence: you can drive in Australia on an overseas licence for up to three months, as long as it is in English.⁹ If it isn't, you'll need an International Driving Permit, which you get before you leave home. Australians drive on the left, the same side of the road as in India.

The table below shows the typical daily rate and the cheapest and dearest months for eight pick-up cities.