South Australia Tourism Statistics

Tourists made about 4.12 million³ trips to South Australia between January and June 2026, down 3% on the same months of 2025¹⁰. They spent about A$4.59 billion, up 10%⁴.

• Australians made 3.91 million overnight trips³, down 3% on 4.01 million a year earlier¹⁰, and spent about A$3.80 billion, up 15%³.
• International visitors made about 210,500 trips⁴, down 1% on 212,500¹¹, and spent about A$790 million, down 9%⁴.
• Australians also made about 8.43 million day trips in the state, up 6%³.
• The March quarter was busier than the June quarter, with 2.08 million domestic overnight trips against 1.83 million³.
• Figures come from Tourism Research Australia's June quarter 2026 releases, the latest available. The 2026 totals combine the March and June quarters.

Australians made about 16.4 million domestic day trips in South Australia in 2025 and spent about A$2.79 billion on them¹. Together with overnight trips, that makes about 24.2 million domestic trips and about A$9.28 billion in domestic visitor spending.

• 2025 is the first full year of Tourism Research Australia's new Domestic Tourism Statistics, so there is no like-for-like 2024 figure for day trips.

Interstate visitors made 2.13 million overnight trips to South Australia in 2025, about the same as in 2024 (2.14 million)⁶⁷. South Australians travelling within their own state made the other 5.68 million domestic overnight trips, also little changed on 2024⁶⁷.

• International visitors made about 445,000 trips, up 1% on 2024². The United Kingdom was the largest market, with 68,000 visitors, ahead of the United States (44,000), New Zealand (41,000), China (38,000) and India (24,000)⁹.
• About 404,000 international visitors stayed in Adelaide and 123,000 in regional parts of the state²; many visited both.

Adelaide is the most visited region in South Australia, with about 3.61 million overnight visits in the year ending June 2026⁵. The Fleurieu Peninsula came second, with about 1.14 million, followed by the Yorke Peninsula with 765,000 and the Limestone Coast with 717,000.

• Kangaroo Island drew the most international visitors of any regional area (26,000), and visitors there spent about A$1,019 per overnight trip⁵, the most outside Adelaide.
• These regional figures come from the South Australian Tourism Commission's year ending June 2026 report. They use Tourism Research Australia's new survey method, so they can't be compared with earlier regional reports.

Adelaide visitors and spending

• Adelaide had about 3.61 million overnight visits in the year ending June 2026: 1.43 million from interstate, 1.78 million from South Australians and 404,000 from overseas⁵.
• Visitors spent about A$7.56 billion in Adelaide, including A$2.22 billion on day trips, and about A$1,478 per overnight trip⁵.
• Nine in ten international visitors to South Australia stay in Adelaide⁵.
• Read more: Adelaide Tourism Statistics

How many tourists visit Kangaroo Island each year?

Kangaroo Island had about 107,000 overnight visits in the year ending June 2026: 28,000 from interstate, 52,000 from South Australians and 26,000 from overseas⁵. No other regional area of South Australia draws as many international visitors. Australians also made about 48,000 day trips to the island.

• Visitors spent about A$115 million on the island in the year ending June 2026, or about A$1,019 per overnight trip⁵. Overseas visitors accounted for about A$50 million of that, more than 40% of the total. At about A$320 per night, visitor spending on the island was the highest of any South Australian region.
• Visitors spent about 337,000 nights on the island. International visitors stayed 3.3 nights on average, interstate visitors 2.9 nights and South Australians 3.2 nights⁵.

How many tourists visit the Barossa Valley each year?

• The Barossa had about 376,000 overnight visits in the year ending June 2026: 80,000 from interstate, 286,000 from South Australians and 10,000 from overseas⁵.
• Visitors spent about A$391 million in the region, including A$134 million on day trips, and about A$684 per overnight trip⁵.
• Australians made about 1 million day trips to the Barossa, far more than its overnight visits. Visitors spent about A$290 per night, second only to Kangaroo Island among the state's regions.⁵
• Interstate visitors stayed 3.0 nights on average and South Australians 2.1 nights⁵.

Camping is most popular in the Flinders Ranges and Outback and along the Murray. Camping of all kinds accounted for about 32% of domestic visitors' nights in the Flinders Ranges and Outback²² and the same share in the Murray River, Lakes and Coorong²³, just ahead of the Riverland at 31%²⁴.

• Caravan parks and commercial camping grounds took 27% of domestic visitors' nights in the Flinders Ranges and Outback²², more than in any other region.
• Overseas visitors camp most in the Riverland, where they spent nearly half of their nights in caravan parks or commercial camping grounds²⁴.
• Camping is least common on Kangaroo Island, where about 11% of domestic visitors' nights were spent in caravan parks²⁵, and in the Adelaide Hills, at 18% including camping outside commercial grounds²⁶.
• These are the latest regional figures, for the year ending December 2024, from the South Australian Tourism Commission's regional profiles. They show each region's share of visitor nights, not the number of campers.