Page last updated: 02 January 2025
Key Highlights:
- Over 710,000 Australians travelled to the USA in 2024 (year ending June), an increase of 16.39% from 610,000 visitors in the same period of 2023.
- Over 685,000 USA residents visited Australia in 2023 (year ending December), making up 1.4% of Australia’s total international visitors.
- The USA is the third most popular international destination for Australians, while Australia is a growing destination for USA travellers.
How many Australians visit the USA each year?
Over 710,000 Australians visited the USA in 2024 (year ending June), an increase of 16.39% compared to 610,000 visitors in 2023 of the same period.
On average, before the pandemic, over 1 million Australian travellers visited the USA each year.
- Annual Breakdown of Australians Visiting the USA (Year ending June):
- 2024: 710,000 visitors (+16.39% from 2023).
- 2023: 610,000 visitors (+258.82% from 2022).
- 2022: 170,000 visitors.
- 2019: 1.08 million visitors.
- Visitor numbers are still below 2019 levels but have been increasing steadily.
- The USA remains popular among Australians for leisure and family visits, with cities like California, Hawaii, New York, Nevada, Florida, and Texas being key destinations.
How many US residents visit Australia each year?
Over 685,000 USA residents visited Australia in 2023 (year ending December), which was 79.8% more than the 381,000 visitors recorded in 2022.
On average, the number of US residents travelling to Australia ranges between 500,000 and 800,000 each year.
- Annual Breakdown of USA Residents Visiting Australia (Year ending June):
- 2024: 714,790 visitors (+28.2% from 2023).
- 2023: 557,290 visitors (+46.2% from 2022).
- 2022: 381,000 visitors.
- 2019: 811,980 visitors.
- Although the numbers have improved, they remain about 12% lower than pre-pandemic levels.
- Popular destinations for USA visitors in Australia include Sydney, Melbourne, and the Great Barrier Reef.
What countries are the top sources of visitors to Australia?
New Zealand residents visited Australia the most, accounting for 1.37 million visits for the year ending June 2024, which represented 17.17% of the total international visitors.
- Other major countries contributing to Australia’s international tourism include:
- China: 800,390 visits (10.05%)
- United States: 714,790 visits (8.97%)
- United Kingdom: 615,280 visits (7.72%)
- India: 416,440 visits (5.23%)
- Singapore: 392,340 visits (4.93%)
- Japan: 360,120 visits (4.52%)
- South Korea: 353,170 visits (4.43%)
- Indonesia: 215,690 visits (2.71%)
- Hong Kong: 211,240 visits (2.65%)
- The USA was the third-largest source of international visitors to Australia with 615,280 visits in 2024 (year ending June), about 8.97% of total international visitors.
- Overall, 7.97 million international visitors travelled to Australia in the year ending June 2024.
- The number of international arrivals to Australia typically ranges between 6 million and 9 million visitors.
What countries are the top sources of visitors to the USA?
Annual visitor numbers to the USA typically range between 65 million and 80 million.
In 2023, Canada and Mexico remained the top sources of visitor arrivals to the United States, with 20.51 million and 14.5 million visitors, respectively.
- Excluding Canada and Mexico, the United Kingdom topped the list with 3.9 million visitors, followed by Germany (1.84 million), India (1.76 million), Brazil (1.62 million), South Korea (1.6 million), and France (1.59 million).
USA’s Overseas visitor arrivals (Year ended December)
| Main country source | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2023(%) |
| Canada | 20,720,068 | 14,382,179 | 20,514,314 | 10.60% |
| Mexico | 18,328,181 | 12,435,501 | 14,499,093 | 8.90% |
| United Kingdom | 4,779,997 | 3,466,107 | 3,897,534 | 7.60% |
| Germany | 2,063,767 | 1,481,008 | 1,838,481 | 7.10% |
| India | 1,473,517 | 1,256,915 | 1,762,369 | 5.20% |
| Brazil | 2,104,617 | 1,224,974 | 1,624,719 | 4.70% |
| South Korea | 2,298,279 | 919,796 | 1,600,400 | 4.30% |
| France | 1,843,782 | 1,317,882 | 1,592,934 | 4.10% |
| Japan | 3,752,980 | 597,330 | 1,518,522 | 3.70% |
| China | 2,829,970 | 368,111 | 1,078,056 | 3.00% |
| Other Countries | 19,246,437 | 13,320,834 | 16,555,466 | 24.90% |
| Total International Visitors | 79,441,595 | 50,770,637 | 66,481,888 | 100.00% |
Australia to USA
| Year ending December | USA’s Overseas Visitor Arrivals – Australia | % to Total Visitors |
| 2019 | 1,319,238 | 1.66% |
| 2020 | 208707 | 1.09% |
| 2021 | 52,439 | 0.24% |
| 2022 | 641,772 | 1.26% |
| 2023 | 954,481 | 1.44% |
Australia and US Travel Resources
Where do Australians travel most?
Over 1.53 million Australians visited Indonesia in 2024 (year ending June), making it the top overseas destination for Australians. This marked the first time Indonesia surpassed New Zealand as the most popular destination for Australians, with New Zealand receiving 1.31 million visitors in the same year.
- The USA was the third most popular destination, with 710,000 visitors in the same year.
Where do US residents travel most?
The United Kingdom was the top destination for USA travellers, with 5.19 million visitors in 2023 (year ending December), amounting to 10.6% of outbound trips.
- Other European countries, including Italy and France, remained popular, while Australia attracted 685,000 visitors from the USA.
USA-resident traveller (Year ended December)
| Main country visited | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2023(%) |
| United Kingdom | 3,943,000 | 3,734,000 | 5,190,000 | 10.60% |
| Italy | 3,181,000 | 2,591,000 | 4,358,000 | 8.90% |
| France | 3,137,000 | 3,086,000 | 3,721,000 | 7.60% |
| Dominican Republic | 2,957,000 | 2,705,000 | 3,476,000 | 7.10% |
| Spain | 2,240,000 | 2,019,000 | 2,546,000 | 5.20% |
| Germany | 2,196,000 | 2,019,000 | 2,301,000 | 4.70% |
| Japan | 1,389,000 | 572,000 | 2,105,000 | 4.30% |
| Jamaica | 1,927,000 | 1,943,000 | 2,007,000 | 4.10% |
| India | 1,344,000 | 1,562,000 | 1,812,000 | 3.70% |
| Greece | 851,000 | 991,000 | 1,469,000 | 3.00% |
| Other Countries | 21,643,000 | 16,879,000 | 19,978,000 | 40.80% |
| Total Outbound Visit | 44,808,000 | 38,101,000 | 48,963,000 | 100.00% |
USA to Australia
| Year ended December | US-Resident Traveller to Australia | % to Total Visitors |
| 2019 | 672,000 | 1.50% |
| 2020 | No data | – |
| 2021 | 18,000 | 0.10% |
| 2022 | 381,000 | 1.00% |
| 2023 | 685,000 | 1.40% |
Australia Outbound Travel Statistics Resources
- Travel Between Australia and New Zealand
- Travel Between Australia and Indonesia
- Travel Between Australia and Japan
- Travel Between Australia and UK
Australia Travel Statistics Resources
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References
- ABS: Overseas arrivals and departures – Australia
- ABS: International travel arriving in and departing from Australia
- ABS: Top destination for Australian travellers
- STATS: International travel: June 2024
- ITA: Inbound SIAT Report & Outbound SIAT Report