South Australia Tourism Statistics

Late updated: 15 June 2021

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How many tourists visit South Australia each year?

Over 6.8 million travellers visited South Australia in the year ending June 2020¹

This total was made up of 355,000 international visitors and over 6.5 million domestic visitors
Visitors to South Australia decreased by 12.8% when compared to 2018/19

For the first quarter of 2021 (January-March), South Australia received over 1.7 million domestic overnight visitors.

Visitor numbers were roughly unchanged when compared with the first quarter of 2020 (over 1.7 million).

Overnight visitors spent over $1.24 billion during visits to South Australia for the first quarter of 2021 (January-March).

Spending was down 3.6% when compared with the over $1.29 billion spent during the first quarter of 2020.

International visitors spent an estimated $907 million during trips to South Australia in the year ending June 2020

International spending decreased by 16.2% when compared with the $1.08 billion of 2018/19

Domestic visitors spent an estimated $4 billion during trips to South Australia in the year ending June 2020

Combined, visitors spent a total of $4.9 billion during trips to South Australia in the year ending June 2020

Total spending was down 15.5% when compared with the $5.8 billion of the previous year

Over 7.8 million tourists and other visitors arrived in South Australia between July 2018 and June 2019¹

This total includes 467,000 international visitors and 7,400,000 domestic overnight visitors.

3.6 million tourists and other visitors arrived in Adelaide between July 2018 and June 2019.
Read more: Adelaide Tourism Statistics