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In 1999-2000, international visitors to Australia spent an average of $4,066 on each trip. Visitors from China spent the most, averaging $6,070, followed by the United States of America ($5,899), 'Other Europe' ($5,411) and Indonesia ($5,279). The lowest average expenditure, $1,808 per visitor, was by visitors from New Zealand (table 22.17).

The largest expenditure items for visitors from Canada, the United Kingdom, Europe and New Zealand were prepaid international airfares and food, drink and accommodation. The only exception was visitors from Germany, who spent a quarter of their total expenditure on package tours. Visitors from the United States of America spent about one-fifth (18%) of their total expenditure on food, drink and accommodation, around one-quarter (26%) on package tours and just over a third (35%) on prepaid international airfares (table 22.18).

Visitors from Asian countries also spent relatively large amounts on food, drink and accommodation. However, for most of these countries education fees also took a large proportion of their total expenditure. The most notable exception to this trend were visitors from Japan, who spent more than half of their total expenditure on package tours.

22.17 AVERAGE VISITOR EXPENDITURE, By Country/Region of Residence and Expenditure Item - 1999-2000(a)
	Items of expenditure
Country/region of residence	Package tours $	Prepaid international airfares $	Transport (b) $	Food, drink and accommodation $	Shopping $	Entertainment and gambling $	Education fees $	Other (c) $	Total $
New Zealand	219	422	179	520	334	55	9	70	1,808
Germany	1,302	1,372	847	1,177	307	65	16	73	5,159
United Kingdom	857	1,713	608	1,267	348	107	4	91	4,995
Other Europe	1,027	1,559	730	1,336	385	90	160	124	5,411
Indonesia	276	625	599	1,228	612	257	1,400	282	5,279
Malaysia	291	514	238	808	463	178	835	142	3,469
Singapore	423	574	332	719	434	167	533	105	3,287
Hong Kong (SAR of China)	609	700	474	963	526	159	721	120	4,272
Japan	2,062	320	266	347	630	59	88	33	3,804
Korea	857	573	305	909	570	180	531	104	4,030
Taiwan	887	504	215	586	577	100	517	93	3,479
Thailand	327	667	284	1,087	522	151	924	175	4,137
China	743	887	468	1,369	740	612	1,076	175	6,070
Other Asia	280	984	310	783	548	152	485	97	3,638
United States of America	1,510	2,044	505	1,055	371	82	227	105	5,899
Canada	692	1,646	581	1,199	349	98	101	106	4,772
Other countries	359	1,109	333	674	502	76	147	107	3,307
All countries	913	985	412	853	451	109	248	95	4,066
(a) The Bureau of Tourism Research uses final overseas and arrivals data to compile the International Visitor Survey results. Because of the delays in the receipt of these data for calendar year 2000, financial year data are presented in this table for only the 2002 edition of Year Book Australia. (b) Includes: organised tours; international airfares bought in Australia; domestic airfares; other transport fares; Self-drive cars, rent-a-cars, campervans; petrol and oil for self-drive cars or other vehicles; and motor vehicles. (c) Includes: phone, internet, fax and postage; convention registration fees; medical expenses; and other expenses not elsewhere specified. Source: International Visitor Survey, Bureau of Tourism Research.

22.18 AVERAGE VISITOR EXPENDITURE, By Expenditure Item and Main Purpose of Trip - 1999-2000(a)
	Main purpose of trip
Expenditure items	Business $	Visiting friends and relatives $	Holiday $	All other reasons $	Total $
Package tours	378	174	1,373	599	913
Prepaid international airfares	1,662	1,228	690	1,180	985
Transport(b)	270	270	414	774	412
Food, drink and accommodation	1,065	499	703	1,842	853
Shopping	337	433	471	516	451
Entertainment and gambling	80	105	98	199	109
Education fees	6	77	28	1,754	248
Other(c)	144	57	57	263	95
All items	3,941	2,843	3,834	7,126	4,066
(a) The Bureau of Tourism Research uses final overseas and arrivals data to compile the International Visitor Survey results. Because of the delays in the receipt of these data for calendar year 2000, financial year data are presented in this table for only the 2002 edition of Year Book Australia. (b) Includes: organised tours; international airfares bought in Australia; domestic airfares; other transport fares; Self-drive cars, rent-a-cars, campervans; petrol and oil for self-drive cars or other vehicles; and motor vehicles. (c) Includes: phone, internet, fax and postage; convention registration fees; medical expenses; and other expenses not elsewhere specified. Source: International Visitor Survey, Bureau of Tourism Research.