DOMESTIC PERFORMANCE

Released: Quarterly

The latest report of domestic visitors to/within South Australia*

*Please note that the results for year ending June 2020 include the impacts of the 2019/20 summer bushfires and four months of the COVID-19 pandemic and related restrictions. 

Top points from the report:

• Domestic visitor expenditure declined by 14 per cent to $5.6 billion in the 12 months to June 2020.
• Interstate overnight expenditure fell 21 per cent to $2.0 billion.
• Intrastate overnight expenditure fell 12 per cent to $2.0 billion
• Day trips expenditure fell 6 per cent to $1.5 billion.
• Strong growth in 2019 hides even more significant declines felt in 2020, particularly in the months of April and May.

Notes: For details of the NVS methodology changes in this release please refer to https://www.tra.gov.au/domestic/domestic-tourism-results

Released: Monthly

COVID-19 continues to have a significant impact on our domestic tourism market. This monthly snapshot makes it easier to monitor changes in tourism activity in South Australia.*

*Please note this data is only available for January to October

Top points from the report:

• Early signs of recovery continued in October, although most results continued to be down compared to the previous year.
• There were 568,000 domestic overnight trips in October 2020, up from 444,000 in September 2020, but down on 677,000 in October 2019.
• October domestic overnight expenditure was $328 million, the highest monthly spend since March 2020, but down 37% on the October 2019.
• Positive conditions were experienced in Regional South Australia (expenditure up 11% on October 2019) and the overall intrastate market (up 19% on October 2019).
• This is in stark contrast to very challenging conditions in Adelaide (expenditure down 65% on October 2019) and the overall interstate market (expenditure down 76% on October 2019).

Notes: For further details please refer to https://www.tra.gov.au/domestic/domestic-tourism-results

Released: Yearly

The Interstate Market Profiles will provide information on our key interstate markets of Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland and Western Australia. The reports detail the activities undertaken whilst in South Australia.

Some of the points from the reports:

• Visitor expenditure for each interstate market
• Visitor profiles and trends
• Activities and places visited 
• Regions visited by each market