National Visitor Survey (NVS) results, year ending September 2022
Figure 1: Key domestic visitor highlights for Victoria
Figure 2: Domestic overnight visitation summary results
For the year ending September 2022 (released December 2022), key points include:
- Domestic overnight spend in Victoria was $17.1 billion in the year ending September 2022, up 81 per cent year-on-year, and back to 96 per cent of the pre-pandemic year ending September 2019.
- Regional Victoria continued to lead Victoria’s overall recovery. Domestic overnight spend in regional Victoria has fully recovered and is ahead of the pre-pandemic year ending September 2019 result (+35 per cent to $9.6 billion).
- Melbourne noted a strong rebound in domestic overnight spend compared to last year during a period of restrictions (+154 per cent to $7.5 billion).
- Daytrip spend to/within Victoria has fully recovered and surpassed the year ending September 2019 result to reach $6.9 billion (+9%).
How many Australians visit Victoria, where are they from and how much do they spend?
- Victoria's Domestic Tourism Performance Infographic year ending September 2022 (PDF 113.39 KB)
- Domestic visitor and expenditure estimates – year ending September 2022 (XLSX 677.81 KB)
Previous releases:
- Domestic visitor and expenditure estimates – year ending June 2022 (XLSX 680.93 KB)
- Domestic visitor and expenditure estimates year ending March 2022 (XLSX 680.05 KB)
- Domestic visitor and expenditure estimates year ending December 2021 (XLSX 665.17 KB)
Visit Tourism Research Australia for a range of interactive dashboards and monthly domestic visitor data.
Next NVS release: year ending December 2022 data in April 2023 (TBC)
Where are Victoria's tourism regions, and what do we know about regional visitation?
How many Australians will visit Victoria in the future?
Visit Tourism Research Australia for the latest tourism forecasts for Australia.
Domestic Visitor Profiles
Visit Tourism Research Australia to access a suite of 22 domestic visitor profiles to better understand various domestic visitor segments based on who they are (e.g. family group) or what activities they undertake (e.g. Arts and Culture).
Page last updated 30 June 2021. Data considered correct at time of publishing.