Northern Territory Tourism Statistics

Updated: 11 October 2023

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How many tourists visit the Northern Territory each year?

Over 1.5 million tourists and other visitors travelled to the Northern Territory in 2023 (year ending June 2023).

This total included 150,000 international visitors and over 1.4 million domestic visitors
Visitors were up 14.5% when compared with the over 1.3 million visitors in 2022 Visitor numbers in 2023 are on par with the over 1.5 million who visited in 2019

Visitors spent over $3 billion during trips to the Northern Territory in 2023. (year ending June 2023).

This total included $339 million from international visitors and over $2.6 billion from domestic overnight visitors
Spending was up 42% when compared with the over $2.1 billion spent during 2022 (year ending June)

Uluru had a total of 222,118 visitors in 2022 (year ending December 2022)²
After record numbers in 2019, visitor numbers have taken a significant hit due to the impact of the pandemic
Visitor numbers in 2023 are predicted to be lower than the previous year, with only 164,678 visiting so far this year (YTD October)

Over 1.4 million travellers visited the northern territory in 2022 (year ending September 2022).

This total included 43,913 international visitors and over 1.4 million domestic visitors
Total visitors increased by 9% when compared with the over 1.3 million visitors in 2021 (year ending September 2021)

Visitors spent over 2.5 billion during trips to the Northern Territory in 2022 (year ending September 2022).

This total included $107 million from international visitors and over $2.5 billion from domestic visitors
Spending was up 38% when compared with the over 1.8 billion spent during 2021 (year ending September 2021)

Over 1.3 million travellers visited the Northern Territory in 2021 (year ending September 2021).

This total was made up of 4,189 international visitors and over 1.3 million domestic visitors

Visitors spent over $1.8 billion during trips to the Northern Territory in 2021 (year ending September 2021).

This total included $25 million from international visitors and over $1.8 billion from domestic visitors

Over 1.5 million travellers visited the Northern Territory in the year ending June 2020.¹

This total was made up of 233,000 domestic visitors and over 1.3 million domestic visitors
Visitors to the Northern Territory decreased by 21% when compared to the 1.9 million visitors of 2018/19

International visitors spent a total of $338 million during trips to the Northern Territory in the year ending June 2020

International spending was down 25.5% when compared to the $454 million of the 2018/19

Domestic visitors spent a total of $1.5 billion during trips to the Northern Territory in the year ending June 2020

Domestic spending was down 33.3% when compared to the $2 billion of the 2018/19 year

Combined, visitors to the Northern Territory spent a total of $1.8 billion in the year ending June 2020

Spending was down 25.3% when compared with the $2.5 billion of the previous year

Over 1.9 million tourists and other visitors arrived in the Northern Territory between July 2018 and June 2019.¹

This total includes 294,000 international visitors and 1,700,00 domestic overnight visitors.

Visitors stayed for an average of 5 nights during visits to Alice Springs in 2018.
Visitors spent spent over 1.8 million visitor nights in Alice Springs in 2018.