Sydney statistics

Quarterly snapshot: travel to Sydney

Sydney is the international gateway to Australia and its number one destination for domestic and international visitors.

Sydney was number one among all Australian capital cities for total domestic visitors (27 per cent) and nights (25 per cent) and expenditure (25 per cent) in the year ending September 2023.

Data in this section is sourced from the Tourism Research Australia (TRA) National Visitor Survey (NVS) and International Visitor Survey (IVS). TRA is a branch within Austrade and is Australia's leading provider of visitor economy intelligence across both international and domestic markets.

Time series – travel to Sydney

Destination NSW tracks data from 2013 to 2023 via its ‘Time series – travel to Sydney’ to help businesses predict visitor demand.

Sydney precinct visitor profiles

Destination NSW produces yearly visitor profiles that provide localised information on international visitors, domestic overnight visitors and domestic daytrip visitors.