International travel to NSW: year ending December 2023

The NSW visitor economy is leading Australia's recovery from the pandemic, with new data showing NSW recorded the largest absolute increase nationally for international visitors, nights and expenditure in the year ending December 2023.

According to Tourism Research Australia, international visitors took 6.6 million trips to Australia during the period, with the lion's share - over 3.4 million - coming to NSW (up 116.9 per cent on the year ending December 2022). They stayed 87.0 million nights in NSW (up 96.7 per cent) and spent
$11.0 billion (up 119.0 per cent) in the state.

Destination NSW uses data provided by the Tourism Research Australia quarterly International Visitor Surveys (IVS) and monthly Australian Bureau of Statistics Overseas Arrivals and Departures (OAD) information to give insights on international visitation to NSW.