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14 Jun 2024
April overseas arrivals and departures data
Data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics this week notes that short-term visitors in April 2024 increased by 8.8 per cent compared to April last year. Although the figures represent an increase from April 2023 levels, they are still significantly lower (15.3 per cent) than in April 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic.
China remains the second leading source country for short-term visitor arrivals behind New Zealand despite allowing travel to Australia for close to 18 months. However, China’s inbound recovery has continued, with close to double the number of arrivals in April 2024 compared to April 2023.
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State of the industry report
The annual State of the Industry report for 2023, based on information collated by Tourism Research Australia, was released today.
The report shows that total tourism spend in Australia increased by 19 per cent in 2023 on 2022 spend, reaching $208 billion. The report forecasts tourism spend in Australia is set to increase by 31 per cent over the next 5 years.
International visitor spend also increased, reaching a total of $28 billion, a 120 per cent from 2022, as did domestic spend – overnights increased 8 per cent to $109 billion, and day trip spend was up 13 per cent to $33 billion.
The report is available here.