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Expenditure on overseas travel by Australian residents from year ending March 2019 to 2020 (in billion Australian dollars)

Characteristic	Expenditure in billion Australian dollars
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Release date

December 2020

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Region

Australia

Survey time period

years ending March 2019 and March 2020

Number of respondents

120,000 respondents

Age group

15 years and over

Method of interview

Telephone interview

Supplementary notes

Numbers have been rounded

Date of publication not provided by source, publication date is date data were accessed.

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Australian residents traveling abroad spent approximately ** billion Australian dollars on overseas trips in the year ending March 2020, an increase of over *** billion Australian dollars from the previous year.

 Destinations and departures

Most of this expenditure was spent on trips to the United States, where Australians spent in excess of *** million Australian dollars. The United Kingdom and the rest of Europe were also popular destinations in terms of expenditure, attracting *** and *** million AUD from Australians respectively.

International departures from Australia have seen year-on-year growth since 2006, reaching just under *** million overseas departures in 2019. New Zealand, Indonesia and the United States were the most popular destinations for Aussies, attracting around a million departures apiece in the same year.

 Global and regional context 

Australia is in the global top ten when it comes to the largest international tourism expenditure, ranking **. It also has the highest international tourism expenditure in the Asia Pacific region, at over ** million U.S. dollars, followed closely by Japan and South Korea.