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Regional NSW statistics

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

VISITORS

7.5 million

NIGHTS

29.4 million

EXPENDITURE

$5.5 billion

Travel to regional NSW

In the March quarter 2025, regional NSW welcomed 7.3 million domestic overnight visitors, who spent $5.1 billion in the state. Domestic overnight visitors stayed a total of 24.2 million nights.

In the year ended March 2025, regional NSW welcomed around 725,500 international visitors. They stayed 17.7 million nights and spent $1.2 billion in regional NSW.

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

Domestic daytrip data will be available from the year ending June 2025. Learn more here.

Latest release: visitor profile

  • Travel to regional NSW - visitor profile: YE March 2025

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

Archive: visitor profiles

  • Travel to regional NSW - visitor profile: YE December 2024
  • Travel to regional NSW - visitor profile: YE September 2024
  • Travel to regional NSW - visitor profile: YE June 2024
  • Travel to regional NSW - visitor profile: YE March 2024

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: time series

  • Travel to regional NSW time series: YE March 2025

Archive: time series

  • Travel to regional NSW time series: YE December 2024
  • Travel to regional NSW time series: YE September 2024
  • Travel to regional NSW time series: YE June 2024
  • Travel to regional NSW time series: YE March 2024

Business events

The business event sector brings significant economic and employment benefits to NSW.

Tourism regions

Overviews of the 12 tourism regions in regional NSW.

Regional Tourism Satellite Account

The Regional Tourism Satellite Accounts provide information on the economic importance of tourism for each of NSW’s tourism regions. Reports include infographics and data tables for Sydney and for each tourism region in Australia.

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Local Government Area (LGA) profiles

Tourism Research Australia prepares profiles for Local Government Areas (LGAs) with adequate International Visitor Survey and/or National Visitor Survey sample to produce robust results. Data is averaged over four years, which minimises the impact of variability in estimates from year to year. It also provides more robust volume estimates. Profiles are provided for international travel, domestic overnight travel, and/or domestic day travel.

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