Regional Profiles

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Tourism NT's Regional Profiles provide a detailed look into each of the Northern Territory tourism regions.

The Regional Profile reports are updated on an annual basis and provide information on regional trends, visitor demographics, transportation, dispersal and other key issues unique to each of the regions. The regional reports also analyse the consumer perspective on each of the regions and what drives them to visit the region.

Top End

The Top End region received 991,000 visitors, staying an average 7.0 nights and spending approximately $1,576 per trip, as at year ending June 2022. More information on the region can found in the Top End Regional Report YE June 2022.

Central Australia

The Central Australia region received 362,000 visitors, staying an average 5.5 nights and spending approximately $1,543 per trip, as at year ending June 2022. More information on the region can found in the Central Australia Regional Report YE June 2022.

Greater Darwin

The Greater Darwin region received 972,000 visitors, staying an average 6.9 nights and spending approximately $1854 per trip, as at year ending December 2022. More information on the region can found in the Greater Darwin Regional Report YE December 2022.

Kakadu and Arnhem Land

Over a three year average from 2020 to 2022, the Kakadu and Arnhem Land region received 181,000 visitors, who stayed an estimated 806,000 nights and contributed an estimated $173 million to the economy. More information on the region can found in the Kakadu & Arnhem Land Regional Report YE December 2020 - 2022.

Katherine and Surrounds

On a three year average between 2020 to 2022, the Katherine Daly region received 287,000 visitors who spent approximately $217 million in the region and stayed on average 3.4 nights. More information on the region is available in the Katherine & Surrounds Regional Report YE December 2020 - 2022.

Barkly

On a three year average 2020 to 2022, the Barkly region received 64,000 visitors who spent an estimated $28 million and stayed 175,000 nights in the region. More information on the region is available in the Barkly Regional Report YE December 2020 - 2022.

Alice Springs and MacDonnell Ranges

The Alice Springs and MacDonnell Ranges region received 303,000 visitors as at year ending December 2022, with visitors staying approximately 5.5 nights on average and spending an estimated $1121 on average per trip. More information on the region can be found in the Alice Springs & Surrounds Regional Report YE December 2022.

Lasseter

The Lasseter region received 165,000 visitors as at year ending December 2020 to 2022, with visitors staying approximately 4.4 nights on average and spending an estimated $1502 on average per trip. More information on the region can be found in the Lasseter Regional Report YE December 2020 - 2022.

*Tourism Research Australia (TRA) has recently introduced a change in methodology and have back cast estimates to ensure the continuation of the time series. For this reason these reports should not be compared to previous publications and data.

Page last updated on 14 August 2023