Now that we’re well into 2025 we’re starting to get the final data updates completing the 2024 calendar year. This includes the rich ABS data on Overseas Arrivals and Departures that measures short-term arrivals into Australia for both visitors and residents. In our first chart of the week last year we put together a cool animation showing how the destinations that Australians traveled to have evolved over the last 16 years. With 2024 now complete, it’s time to reassess.
As one might expect, travel to Asia dominates with 47% of all trips in 2024 and having increased from 42% and 43% in 2023 and 2019, respectively (increases aren’t linear - more about that later). Shares to other regions have remained relatively stable with the exception of the Americans where the share of total is still significantly lower than its pre-pandemic baseline.