Outbound tourism from Australia in the 2024 financial year was predominantly to Indonesia, with over 1.3 million Australians making the trip. By comparison, just over 1.1 million Australian tourists visited New Zealand that same year, the previous number-one destination in the 2023 financial year, and about 639,000 took a trip to the United States.
Australians venturing overseas
Up until the 2019 financial year, there was a consistent, significant year-on-year increase in the number of overseas departures of Australian residents, with more than 9.9 million traveling outside the country during the financial year 2019. This number decreased greatly in 2021 to just over 200,000, largely due to travel restrictions, with overseas departures slightly recovering in 2022.
Expenditure on overseas trips
Australians visiting the United States in the 2024 financial year spent over 8.9 billion Australian dollars, making it the overseas destination where Australians had the highest expenditure. Although Indonesia was the most popular outbound destination for Australians in the financial year 2024, visitor spending in Indonesia reached only around six billion Australian dollars in comparison.
Number of outbound tourists from Australia in financial year 2024, by destination
(in thousands)
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Tourism Research Australia. (December 18, 2024). Number of outbound tourists from Australia in financial year 2024, by destination (in thousands) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 23, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/619864/australia-outbound-tourists-by-destination/
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Tourism Research Australia. (2024). Number of outbound tourists from Australia in financial year 2024, by destination (in thousands). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/619864/australia-outbound-tourists-by-destination/
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Number of outbound tourists from Australia in financial year 2024, by destination (in thousands) [Graph], Tourism Research Australia, December 18, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/619864/australia-outbound-tourists-by-destination/