International Tourism Snapshot UNITED KINGDOM GERMANY CHINA SOUTH KOREA

as at 31 December 2017 731,900


+2%
208,200

+4%
1,355,500

+12%
301,800

+8%
We welcomed 8.8 million international visitors as at year $3.5bn
 $1.2bn
 $10.4bn
 $1.6bn

ending December 2017. These visitors injected $41.3 billion -6% -3% +14% -1%
into the Australian economy. Total international aviation
capacity to Australia grew by 5 per cent. 21fpw 190fpw 22fpw

-1%** +30%
 +7%


Total international arrivals to Australia

JAPAN
+7% 434,600

+4%
$1.8bn

2017 8.8 million +2%
64fpw

+11%


2016 8.3 million

HONG KONG
Total international visitor spend 282,100

+14%

+6% $1.3bn

+6%
119fpw

2017 $41.3 billion +8%

INDONESIA
193,600

2016 $39.1 billion
+7%
$0.7bn

Total international aviation capacity* -5%
(inbound seats) 177fpw

+5%
-8%


CANADA USA FRANCE ITALY INDIA SINGAPORE MALAYSIA NEW ZEALAND

2017 25.9 million 167,300
 781,000
 129,700
 75,400
 302,200
 434,400
 396,400
 1,356,400

+10% +9% +1% -1% +15% +1% +2% +1%
$0.8bn
 $3.8bn
 $0.7bn
 $0.5bn
 $1.4bn
 $1.4bn
 $1.3bn
 $2.5bn

-2% +3% +11% +6% +16% -1% +7% -8%
21fpw 117fpw 7fpw 255fpw 108fpw 496fpw
2016 24.6 million
+26%**
 -2%
 -1%
 +4%
 -2%
 +3%

Size of circle represents relative

Notes: Percentage figures are year on year change. bn = billion. fpw = flights per week (inbound). Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Overseas Arrivals and Departures, December 2017.
size of visitor spend in Australia * Aviation data are for international scheduled direct flights to Australia with “same flight number” Tourism Research Australia, International Visitor Survey, December 2017.
as at YE December 2017 Visitor arrivals Visitor spend Flights per week (fpw) Inbound seats originating from respective source markets. ** Year on year change of number of seats. Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development, December 2017.