Results for overnight trips were flat for most states and territories in the year ending December 2025 when compared with the year ending December 2024, except for the Northern Territory which saw an increase of 151,000 trips or 18 per cent.

The NT is the only to state or territory to see an increase in overnight spend when compared with 2024, up by $523m 43 per cent.

These are domestic tourism statistics results published by the Australian Trade and Investment Commission.

It reports as trips get longer, older Australians make up a larger share.

In the December quarter 2025, 6.5 million (22 per cent) overnight trips were between four to seven nights.

For these trips, the share of travellers 60 years and over increased to 30 per cent (2 million). The trend was most pronounced for trips longer than 15 nights, where half (366,000 trips) the travellers were aged 60 years and over.

Comparatively, the 30 to 44 year age group saw the largest decrease in share of overnight trips as the length of the trip increased, accounting for 27 per cent of 1-to-3-night trips but only 17 per cent of trips 15 nights or longer.

This article appeared on Alice Springs News on 9 April 2026.