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Sydney statistics

Visitation statistics for Sydney based on the latest Tourism Research Australia Domestic Tourism Statistics (DoTS) and International Visitor Survey (IVS) data.

VISITORS

16.3 million

NIGHTS

25.1 million

EXPENDITURE

$7.0 billion

In the June quarter 2025, Sydney welcomed 15.5 million domestic visitors, who spent $4.2 billion in the state. Domestic overnight visitors stayed a total of 8.1 million nights.

In the year ended June 2025, Sydney welcomed 3.6 million international visitors. They stayed 84.6 million nights and spent $12.7 billion in the city.

Note: Due to the program transition from the National Visitor Survey (NVS) to Domestic Tourism Statistics (DoTS) program, total domestic tourism figures for tourism regions are available from the June quarter 2025 only, while international visitation data remains unchanged. Learn more here.

Latest release: visitor profile

  • Travel to Sydney - visitor profile: YE June 2025

Note: NVS results in the archived reports up to YE December 2024 and DoTS results in the latest reports are not comparable to each other due to the change in methodology.

Archive: visitor profile

  • Travel to Sydney - visitor profile: YE March 2025
  • Travel to Sydney - visitor profile: YE December 2024
  • Travel to Sydney - visitor profile: YE September 2024
  • Travel to Sydney - visitor profile: YE June 2024

Time series: Travel to Sydney

Destination NSW tracks data from 2015 to 2025 via its ‘Time series – travel to Sydney’ to help businesses predict visitor demand.

Note: Time series reports only cover international visitation. Domestic data will be available in the YE December 2026 report (March 2027 release) once two full years of data are available.

Latest release

  • Travel to Sydney time series: YE June 2025

Archive

  • Travel to Sydney time series: YE March 2025
  • Travel to Sydney time series: YE December 2024
  • Travel to Sydney time series: YE September 2024
  • Travel to Sydney time series: YE June 2024

Sydney precinct visitor profiles

Visitor profiles providing localised information and tourism statistics on different regions around Sydney.

Latest releases

  • Bondi visitor profile 2024
  • Manly visitor profile 2024
  • The Rocks visitor profile 2024
  • Darling Harbour visitor profile 2024
  • Chinatown visitor profile 2024
  • Circular Quay visitor profile 2024

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