Australian residents traveling abroad spent approximately 65 billion Australian dollars on overseas trips in the year ending March 2020, an increase of over two billion Australian dollars from the previous year.
Destinations and departures
Most of this expenditure was spent on trips to the United States, where Australians spent in excess of ten million Australian dollars. The United Kingdom and the rest of Europe were also popular destinations in terms of expenditure, attracting six and 4.5 million AUD from Australians respectively.
International departures from Australia have seen year-on-year growth since 2006, reaching just under ten million overseas departures in 2019. New Zealand, Indonesia and the United States were the most popular destinations for Aussies, attracting around a million departures apiece in the same year.
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Tourism Research Australia. (December 8, 2020). Expenditure on overseas travel by Australian residents from year ending March 2019 to 2020 (in billion Australian dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved September 01, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/398402/expenditure-on-overseas-travel-by-australian-residents/
Tourism Research Australia. "Expenditure on overseas travel by Australian residents from year ending March 2019 to 2020 (in billion Australian dollars)." Chart. December 8, 2020. Statista. Accessed September 01, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/398402/expenditure-on-overseas-travel-by-australian-residents/
Tourism Research Australia. (2020). Expenditure on overseas travel by Australian residents from year ending March 2019 to 2020 (in billion Australian dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: September 01, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/398402/expenditure-on-overseas-travel-by-australian-residents/
Tourism Research Australia. "Expenditure on Overseas Travel by Australian Residents from Year Ending March 2019 to 2020 (in Billion Australian Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 8 Dec 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/398402/expenditure-on-overseas-travel-by-australian-residents/
Tourism Research Australia, Expenditure on overseas travel by Australian residents from year ending March 2019 to 2020 (in billion Australian dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/398402/expenditure-on-overseas-travel-by-australian-residents/ (last visited September 01, 2024)
Expenditure on overseas travel by Australian residents from year ending March 2019 to 2020 (in billion Australian dollars) [Graph], Tourism Research Australia, December 8, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/398402/expenditure-on-overseas-travel-by-australian-residents/