The value of business events to NSW

In the year ended December 2025, there were 7.2 million total domestic and international business event visitors to NSW who stayed 14.1 million nights and spent an estimated $5.8 billion.

Among these business event visitors, there were:

  • 3.2 million domestic overnight visitors who stayed 8.6 million nights and spent an estimated $3.7 billion in NSW.
  • 3.7 million domestic daytrip visitors who spent an estimated $1.2 billion in NSW.
  • 343,000 international visitors who stayed 5.5 million nights and spent an estimated $928 million in NSW.

Definition: Business events data collected through the DoTS and IVS includes all business-related activities where the survey respondent either attended or accompanied someone who attended a business meeting, corporate event, convention or conference, seminar, exhibition and/or trade fair.