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), nights (25 per cent) and expenditure (26 per cent) in the year ending March 2024.

The data source is National Visitor Survey (NVS) and International Visitor Survey (IVS) conducted by Tourism Research Australia (TRA), a branch within Australian Trade and Investment Commission (Austrade). TRA is Australia's leading provider of quality tourism intelligence across both international and domestic markets.

The geographic definition of Sydney is Sydney Tourism Region as per TRA's tourism region boundaries.

Time series – travel to Sydney

Sydney precinct visitor profiles