Tourism Research Australia

Tourism Research Australia (TRA) is a branch within Austrade. We are Australia's leading provider of quality tourism intelligence across both international and domestic markets.

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Tourism industry impact

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$36.5bn

In 2021-22, tourism directly contributed 1.6% of Australia's GDP

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1 in 22 jobs

Directly employed 713,000 people to June 2023

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$31.2bn

Accounted for 6.6% of Australia's total exports (pre-pandemic)

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1 in 7 businesses

In June 2022, there were 358,300 tourism related businesses