Number of domestic overnight visitors Australia 2023, by state visited

Over 36 million domestic tourists stayed overnight in New South Wales, Australia, in the year ended December 2023. Comparatively, the state of Victoria saw just shy of 28.5 million domestic tourists, whereas Tasmania saw around three million. Backpackers, coronavirus, and consumer travel intentionAustralia remains a popular destination for backpackers, with Sydney receiving around 370 thousand in 2020. Brisbane and Melbourne were also popular, as well as north Northern New South Wales, the Gold Coast, and north Northern Queensland. The coronavirus pandemic impacted the travel sector in Australia similarly to the rest of the globe, and with international borders being closed, this had a knock-on effect on consumer travel intention. The overall travel intent dropped for Aussies by around 30 percent. However, domestic travel intent actually increased during the pandemic, with more saying they wanted to travel within their state or territory or across the rest of the country. Consumer spending of international travelersAustralian borders were open for at least a portion of 2020, and those who did visit the country spent slightly more than in the previous year on average. This indicates that the industry remains strong, and a solid recovery post post-pandemic is possible. Moreover, despite the border closures and pandemic, international visitor arrivals to Australia remained at a good level; there were over six million international arrivals in 2020; this further suggests that industry recovery will occur in a relatively short space of time.

截至2023年12月，澳大利亚新南威尔士州共有超过3600万国内游客进行过过夜旅游。相比之下，维多利亚州接待了近2850万国内游客，而塔斯马尼亚州则有大约300万游客。澳大利亚仍是背包客的热门目的地，悉尼在2020年接待了约37万背包客，布里斯班和墨尔本也颇受欢迎，此外，新南威尔士州北部、黄金海岸以及昆士兰州北部也是热门区域。新冠病毒大流行对澳大利亚的旅游业产生了全球性的影响，随着国际边界的关闭，这不可避免地对消费者的旅游意愿产生了连锁反应。总体而言，澳大利亚人的旅游意愿下降了约30%。然而，在疫情期间，国内旅游意愿实际上有所上升，更多的人表示他们希望在所在的州或领地内旅行，或在全国范围内旅行。国际旅客的消费支出澳大利亚在2020年至少部分时间开放了国界，访客的平均消费略高于前一年，这表明该行业仍然强劲，并在疫情后有望实现稳健的复苏。此外，尽管边境关闭和大流行，但国际游客对澳大利亚的到访仍然保持在较高水平；2020年有超过600万国际游客到访；这进一步表明，行业的复苏将在相对较短的时间内实现。