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Key international statistics
The latest Tourism Research Australia International Visitor Survey data for the year ending December 2023 (released 27 March 2024).
Spend
- $6.4 billion in international overnight spend in the year ending December 2023
- international overnight spend has returned to 73% of the year ending December 2019 result.
Visitors
- 2.1 million international overnight visitors
- international overnight visitors were back to 66% of the year ending December 2019 result.
Next International Visitor Survey release will be 26 June 2024 (to be confirmed).
Find out more at Tourism Research Australia.
International tourism data
Explore tourism data for Victoria and key visitor markets of origin. View by time period and filter by spend, visitors and nights.
International data dashboard
Explore tourism data for Victoria and key visitor markets of origin.
Notes: Data sourced from the International Visitor Survey (IVS) produced by Tourism Research Australia. IVS data includes international short-term visitors (less than 12 months) aged 15+ years.
International education visitors captured in the IVS are defined as those that stay in Australia for less than one continuous year (as such not all international students are incorporated in this definition).
Due to survey limitations because of international border closures during the pandemic, regional-level international data is not available for estimates from June 2020 to November 2023.
Due care is taken in the production of this information. However, DJSIR accepts no responsibility for the use of this data. Figures may not add due to rounding.
International market data
Explore Victoria’s international markets. This is based on year ending December 2019 data (pre-pandemic).
International market dashboard
Explore the top 20 international markets to Victoria ranked on spend.
Overseas arrivals and departures data
Monthly international data is collected on persons arriving in and departing from Australia. This includes usual place of residence, main state of stay and purpose of visit.
Overseas arrivals and departures dashboard
Explore monthly overseas arrivals and departures data for Victoria.
Find out more at the Australian Bureau of Statistics or at Tourism Australia.
Other international research
Tourism Australia produces a range of information on international visitation research and market intelligence including market segmentation studies, visitor profiles and aviation information.
For further information please email research@ecodev.vic.gov.au
