International Markets

Overseas Arrivals and Departures (OAD)

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) publishes monthly overseas arrivals and departures information.

View Overseas Arrivals and Departures report - December 2011 (PDF file, 201kb)

Archived OADs:   

International Visitor Survey (IVS)

The IVS Snapshot provides the latest international visitation to New South Wales. It covers visitors and visitor nights, source markets, first and repeat visitation, purpose of visit, transport and accommodation statistics.

Latest International Visitor Survey (IVS) Snapshot (PDF file, 341kb)

Full International Visitor Survey (IVS) Report produced by Tourism Research Australia  

International Markets Facts Sheets

Tourism NSW is preparing a series of fact sheets on international markets to assist the industry in the lead-up to the Australian Tourism Exchange (ATE) 2011 in Sydney. The first in the series is about one of the fastest growing tourism markets to NSW, China.

• Go to International Market Fact Sheets page.... 

Market Profiles and Time Series Data

For the latest available market profiles and time series data please see the table below.

The market profile reports provide information about visitors, visitor nights, purpose of travel, accommodation, transport, length of stay, demographics, month of travel, activities and regions most visited, by international market in which travel originated.

The time series data reports provide time series information on total international visitors and nights and holiday visitors and nights, in eastern mainland states for each of the major international markets.

For previous years visit Archives.  

 *Middle East and North Africa includes: Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Sudan, Tunisia, North Africa (not elsewhere classified), Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, and unspecified countries in the Middle East region.