Tourism sector employment Australia FY 2024, by state and type

Published by Statista Research Department, Apr 24, 2025

The state of New South Wales, Australia had the highest number of people employed directly by the tourism sector in financial year 2024, at around 195,000 people. New South Wales also accounted for the largest group of people employed indirectly in the tourism sector that year.

Number of employees in the tourism sector in Australia in financial year 2024, by state and type (in 1,000s)

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April 2025

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Australia

Survey time period

FY 2024

Supplementary notes

Total employees includes people employed both directly and indirectly in the tourism industry.

Australia's financial years run from July to June of the following year. For example, FY 2017 starts on July 1, 2016 and ends on June 30, 2017.

Release date is date of access.

Values have been rounded.

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