South Australian Visitor Economy

Released: Quarterly

This fact sheet includes top level information which provides a snapshot of South Australia's position in the market*.

*Please note these results include the full 12 month impact of COVID-19.

Domestic:

• South Australia attracted 5.5 million domestic overnight trips, down 30 per cent.
• There were 20.7 million domestic nights in South Australia, a decline of 23 per cent on the previous year.
• Total domestic expenditure in South Australia fell to $4.4 billion, down 35 per cent.
• Day trips expenditure fell 29 per cent to $1.2 billion.

International:

• International visits and expenditure in South Australia have fallen by 99 per cent for the year end March 2021
• Visitation has fallen by 99 per cent to 3,000.
• Expenditure has fallen by 99 per cent to $15 million.
• Nights have fallen 98 per cent to 192,000.

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

STATE TOURISM SATELLITE ACCOUNTS

The State Tourism Satellite Account provides measures of tourism gross domestic product, tourism gross value added, tourism trade and employment in tourism. 

Top points from the report

• The results of the 2019-20 State Satellite Account represent only four months of the impacts of COVID travel restrictions and reflect the job keeper program. Therefore, minimal impacts on tourism employment are reflected in the results.
• People employed directly in tourism in South Australia decreased 0.3% to 40,400 in the Year Ending June 2020.
• The tourism industry indirectly employed an additional 19,200 bringing total employment to 59,500 which is 6.6% lower than the previous year.
• The Goss Value Add of tourism in South Australia showed some declines from the impact of COVID with a direct value of $2.9b and an additional indirect value of $2.6b. These results represent 13.2% and 19.0% decreases from the previous year.

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