South Australia Tourism Statistics | How many visit? (2024)

Published 3 Feb 2020 · Updated 26 June 2025

How many tourists visit South Australia each year?

Over 8.03 million visitors traveled to South Australia in 2024 (year ending December).

Of these, about 7.59 million were domestic visitors, an approximately 3% increase from the 7.40 million domestic trips in 2023.
International visitors to South Australia totaled approximately 440,000 in 2024, which was an approximately 4.3% decrease compared to about 460,000 in 2023.

Tourists spent approximately A$7.99 billion in South Australia in the year ending December 2024.

Domestic visitors accounted for about A$6.64 billion of this expenditure (virtually unchanged from A$6.61 billion in 2023), and international visitors spent roughly A$1.35 billion.
Overall tourist spending in South Australia was around 24.5% higher than in 2019 (when it totaled roughly A$6.42 billion).

Total Visitor Spending in South Australia
Year	International	Domestic
2019	A$1.21 B	A$5.21 B
2023	A$1.31 B	A$6.61 B
2024	A$1.35 B	A$6.64 B

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.

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.

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