ending September 2017. These visitors injected $41.2 billion into the Australian economy. Total international aviation c
International Tourism Snapshot as at 30 September 2017
UNITED KINGDOM
We welcomed 8.7 million international visitors as at year ending September 2017. These visitors injected $41.2 billion into the Australian economy. Total international aviation capacity to Australia grew by 6 per cent.
CHINA
GERMANY
SOUTH KOREA
719,900 +2%
207,600 +8%
1,325,500 +12%
292,300 +7%
$3.5bn - 6%
$1.2bn -3%
$10.3bn +13%
$1.5bn -7%
21fpw
138fpw
18fpw
- 1%**
+26%
+4%
Total international arrivals to Australia JAPAN
+7% 2017
433,200 +8% $1.8bn +9%
8.7 million
57fpw +11%
2016
8.1 million HONG KONG
Total international visitor spend
271,900 +13%
+6%
$1.4bn +13% 109fpw
2017
$41.2 billion
+6%
INDONESIA
2016
195,400 +16%
$38.8 billion
$0.7bn -5%
Total international aviation capacity* (inbound seats)
170fpw
+6%
-9%
CANADA
2017
2016
25.6 million
24.1 million
Size of circle represents relative size of visitor spend in Australia as at YE September 2017
Visitor arrivals
FRANCE
USA
ITALY
INDIA
SINGAPORE
MALAYSIA
NEW ZEALAND
163,100 +12%
766,100 +10%
129,100 +1%
76,300 +1%
290,400 +15%
433,600 +1%
400,800 +6%
1,347,600 +1%
$0.7bn -12%
$3.7bn 0%
$0.7bn +7%
$0.5bn +4%
$1.4bn +26%
$1.5bn +2%
$1.4bn +11%
$2.6bn -3%
14fpw
110fpw
7fpw
242fpw
102fpw
435fpw
+47%**
-3 %
-1%
+6%
+5%
+6%
Visitor spend
Flights per week (fpw)
Inbound seats
Notes: Percentage figures are year on year change. bn = billion. fpw = flights per week (inbound). * Aviation data are for international scheduled direct flights to Australia with “same flight number” originating from respective source markets. ** Year on year change of number of seats.
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Overseas Arrivals and Departures, September 2017. Tourism Research Australia, International Visitor Survey, September 2017. Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development, September 2017.
