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Most Visited Countries by Australians

Name the countries that are visited by the greatest number of Australia residents.
For the year 2023. Source (table 9)
Quiz by skukka
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Country
1,368,050
Indonesia
1,263,530
New Zealand
667,100
United States
604,980
United Kingdom
509,100
Japan
500,870
Thailand
488,980
India
446,570
China
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Country
387,470
Fiji
332,640
Vietnam
326,200
Singapore
311,760
Italy
241,790
Malaysia
233,170
Philippines
157,510
France
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Level 76
Mar 5, 2017
Wow, Fiji must be swamped with Aussies
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Level 77
Mar 6, 2017
Not as much as "Indonesia", where Aussie tourism is pretty much limited to the island of Bali
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Level 63
Mar 6, 2017
Fiji must be magnificent all year round and Australia is so close. Why wouldn't they go there?
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Level 77
Mar 6, 2017
And why not? No surprises NZ is No 1 on this list. So many connections with the 'West Island'.
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Level 77
Mar 21, 2017
Also it's cheaper and quicker from the east coast of Australia to visit New Zealand than it is to go to Perth or even nearer.
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Level 51
Jun 11, 2018
NZ is Australia's second Tasmania... harsh I know...
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Level 42
Dec 20, 2021
I prefer Tasmania to be called West New Zealand
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Level 54
Feb 16, 2022
tasmania is old zealand
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Level 49
Oct 27, 2022
nz is east of australia
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Level 72
Mar 18, 2024
Yes, I believe Akula is a kiwi. The subject of their second sentence is New Zealand, they're referring to Australia as the "West Island".
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Level 20
Jan 26, 2018
amen
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Level 67
Apr 1, 2017
As an Australian, I can tell you Fiji is not swamped by Aussies because of our low population
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Level 76
Jul 7, 2017
344,700 trips a year to a country with a population of less than a million is pretty significant
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Level 68
Jul 7, 2017
Thats for the whole year though. You're not going to get that many in Fiji at any given time
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Level 44
Jul 7, 2017
344,700 / 365 = 944.4 Australian tourists a day
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Level 79
Dec 10, 2019
@limewell Correct (for the mean number of Aussie tourists per day), assuming that the year in question is not a leap year.
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Level 62
Dec 10, 2019
Try going to majorca in summer. 1.2 million population, 14 million foreign tourists. And dont even mention the mainland spanish.
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Level 60
Jul 9, 2020
Still, a thousand aussies in a country with less than a million people, thats about .1% at any given time.
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Level 69
Sep 12, 2023
Doesn't sound like much on paper but trust me, they'll make sure you know they're there. Once you adjust the stats for loud obnoxiousness per capita, you'll find that the visitor to resident ratio almost reaches parity.
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Level 52
Sep 13, 2021
There's about 100,000 Fijians resident in Australia so a lot of this would be expats visiting family back home.
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Level 67
Dec 10, 2019
It's got nothing to do with the Australian population though - It's relative to the population of Fiji.
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Level 68
Apr 20, 2017
Thanks for the easy points! Nice quiz.
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Level 54
Apr 23, 2017
I agree. I had 1:45 left.
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Level 65
Jul 7, 2017
NZ for the win
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Level 82
Jul 7, 2017
Got Fiji with 1 second...
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Level 42
Jul 7, 2017
Only missed Singapore. Why didn't I get that? Damnit.
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Level 45
Jul 7, 2017
I'm from there xD
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Level 60
Jul 7, 2017
I think SweetCorn missed it for unrelated reasons.
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Level 79
Dec 10, 2019
I went there to celebrate Christmas last year. Maybe that's why SweetCorn missed it!
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Level 33
Jul 7, 2017
First try, got them all.
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Level 63
Jul 7, 2017
Wow, very surprised to see how many Aussies make it to the US and UK.
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Level 40
Jul 7, 2017
The US and UK is probably mostly there over seas territories in the area
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Level 59
Jul 7, 2017
I'm not so sure about that, you only need to look at Hollywood. It is swarming with aussies; Nicole Kidman, Naomi Watts, Judy Davis, Russell Crown, Mel Gibson, Cate Blanchett, Hugh Jackman, Rose Byrne, Toni Collette, the Hemsworths...
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Level 74
Nov 26, 2017
Not really. Australians are generally more conditioned to travelling for long distances. Combine that with family/cultural ties and the convenience of holidaying in a country where the English language prevails.

I'm surprised that the UAE doesn't feature given its international flight hub status

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Level 79
Jun 6, 2019
No.
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Level 79
Dec 10, 2019
And is their*, and overseas*.
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Level 50
Jan 27, 2020
The UK only has the Pitcairn Islands and Chagos Islands that are close to Australia, and both are very difficult to travel to. The USA has American Samoa, which doesn't seem like it would be very popular, considering Samoa, Tonga, Vanuatu, etc, don't make it. I think a lot of Australians do travel to Hawaii, which of course is part of the US.
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Level 72
Dec 25, 2020
To shukka who says the US is swarming with Aussies, I say I'm glad they're here. Just take back Rupert Murdoch. And maybe Mel Gibson besides.
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Level 81
Mar 17, 2024
Las Vegas, LA, SF, Hawaii, maybe Guam
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Level 40
Jul 8, 2017
So apparently I beat 100% of test takers?
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Level 76
Jan 26, 2018
I was surprised that Papua New Guinea isn't on there since it's practically swimming distance from Australia, but looking it up it appears that PNG doesn't have a whole lot in the way of a tourist industry.
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Level 76
Dec 10, 2019
"but looking it up it appears that PNG doesn't have a whole lot in the way of a tourist industry." - That's putting things lightly
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Level 63
Aug 22, 2021
It's one of the most primitive countries in the world and its one large city is one of the most violent cities in the world.
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Level 25
Feb 13, 2018
I forgot USA
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Level 70
Aug 13, 2019
Easy,I got it with 1 minute left
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Level 73
Dec 10, 2019
Surprised how Canada isn't there
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Level 59
Dec 25, 2020
Yeah me too. Ive met many Aussies in Canada and i thought that since they're culturally more or less similar and they're both English speaking, it would be on the list. Im guessing the distance is a limiting factor. Most of the other countries on this list are close to Australia
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Level 71
Mar 15, 2024
I'll bet it's skewed toward the Pacific coast, and Hawaii, Los Angeles and San Francisco are just much more popular than Vancouver. Not taking anything away from Canada's charms, but those are worldwide hotspots for tourism.
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Level 68
Dec 11, 2019
I pretty much nearly got the list in order - great fun.
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Level 33
Mar 21, 2020
Missed USA somehow...

(*^__^*)

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Level 46
Sep 19, 2020
Missed Fiji
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Level 44
Sep 7, 2021
surprised i got all of 'em, honestly! couldn't get the US list and I'm an American lol
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Level 36
Oct 24, 2021
10/10 in 25 seconds. Surprised I managed that!
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Level 56
May 10, 2022
10/10 in 17 Seconds
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Level 57
Aug 21, 2023
Bali is swamped with Aussies
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Level 60
Mar 15, 2024
This whole time I was thinking the opposite; which countries visited Australia the most, and still somehow got everything correct!