International research
Explore the latest survey results and market profiles
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- International visitation data
- International tourism summaries
The Tourism, Events and Visitor Economy's (TEVE) international research data includes:
- the latest International Visitors Survey results for Victoria by campaign region and by country of origin, including visitors, nights and expenditure
- future visitation forecasts
- international tourism summaries providing the latest tourism data by market including information on visitor numbers, nights and expenditure, purpose of visit, trends, growth and market share, regional dispersal and places visited, repeat visitation and aviation share data.
International visitation
International Visitor Survey results, year ending June 2018 key findings:
Figure 1: Key international visitor highlights for Victoria
Figure 2: International overnight visitation summary results
For the year ending June 2018, key points include:
- International expenditure in Victoria continued to increase at a solid rate of 7.3 per cent to reach a record $8.0 billion in the year ending June 2018, representing over a decade of consecutive growth and exceeding the national growth rate (+4.8 per cent) and key competitor New South Wales (+3.9 per cent).
- Victoria experienced year-on-year growth in international visitors to reach 3.0 million (+7.9.per cent), ahead of the national average growth rate (+6.2 per cent), New South Wales (+5.9 per cent) and Queensland (+4.1 per cent). Visitor nights grew to reach 68.8 million (+2.1 per cent).
- Melbourne experienced year-on-year growth in international spend (+7.7 per cent), visitors (+8.1 per cent) and nights (+2.9 per cent), outperforming the national capital city average for both spend and visitors. International visitor spend in Melbourne represents 93 per cent of total international overnight expenditure in Victoria.
- International overnight expenditure in regional Victoria increased by 3.4 per cent year-on-year to reach $558 million, well above the national regional average which declined in the year ending June 2018 (-5.1 per cent). International visitors increased marginally by 1.2 per cent to 532,100 in the same period. Overall, there was a decline in international visitors to regional Victoria from Western markets (-5.9 per cent), while Eastern markets continued to increase strongly (+12.9 per cent).
- Double-digit increases in spend were recorded from Indian (+22.9 per cent) and Chinese (+16.7 per cent) visitors, driving overall growth in expenditure. Other markets to grow strongly included Japan (+37.6 per cent) and Indonesia (+19.9 per cent), while declines were noted from the top ten markets of Hong Kong (-8.2 per cent), while New Zealand (-7.7 per cent), Singapore (-6.5 per cent) and the USA (-0.8 per cent).
Please note that the International Visitor Survey (IVS) results for the June quarter 2018 are preliminary and do not include any data relating to purpose of visit. This is because the quality of the main purpose of visit component of the passenger data supplied to Tourism Research Australia (TRA) by the Department of Home Affairs has been identified as a concern. There are no issues with the survey collection. Work is currently in progress to resolve these issues and it is likely that a back cast of TRA data will be required. TRA will release revised estimates once a solution has been implemented.
Next release: 19 December 2018
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How many international travellers visit Victoria, where do they come from and how much do they spend?
- International Visitor Survey infographic year ending June 2018 (PDF 347.06 KB)
- International visitation and expenditure year ending June 2018 (XLSX 1000.29 KB)
How many international travellers will visit Victoria in the future?
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Tourism Australia produces a range of information on international visitation research and market intelligence including market segmentation studies, visitor profiles and aviation information.
Other international research
- Research on International Education within the Visitor Economy was released in October 2018.
The research includes a profile of international education visitors, top spending origin markets, travel to Melbourne and regional Victoria, activities undertaken and forecast figures.
- Research on Chinese visitors to Victoria was released in October 2018.
The research includes a profile of Chinese visitors, travel to regional Victoria, activities undertaken and forecast figures, as well as insights on Chinese-born residents living and studying in Victoria.
- Research on Visiting Friends and Relatives (VFR) in Victoria, focusing on the Chinese and Indian markets, was released on 29 June 2017 and can be found on the Tourism Research Australia website.
The research explores the motivations, behaviours and influences of these visitors and their hosts. Insights and opportunities are included in the executive summary and infographics with a comprehensive report available upon request.
International tourism summaries
These documents provide a summary of the latest tourism data for visitors from different international markets to Victoria.
Information includes:
- visitor numbers
- nights and expenditure
- trends, growth and market share
- purpose of visit
- regional dispersal and places visited
- repeat visitation
- related aviation shares.
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