The number of visitors was not as good and the spending may have been impacted by inflation, but according to the national visitor survey monthly snapshot tourism spending across Australia in June was up 22 per cent to $7.5 billion.

Tourism Research Australia said July and August were heavily affected by the Omicron outbreak and the flu season but early data showed domestic overnight trip rates for July and the first three weeks of August were up significantly.

Overnight trips in June were down 14 per cent on the 2019 level and the nights spend on a trip were down 8 per cent.

It found there had been a strong increase in spending across all states and territories, but Queensland was easily the best despite it being winter.

Tasmania was also up strongly (54 per cent or $100 million) and the ACT jumped 22 per cent (or $38 million).

Tourism Research Australia found that visitor numbers had yet to get back to pre-Covid levels but those who did travel spent more.

The average spend was up $263 or 42 per cent to $888 when compared with June 2019.

Queensland’s domestic overnight visitor numbers were down 16 per cent on last year and the spending was on par.

Queensland also had strong growth in interstate spending with a $341 million increase.

Regional Australia continued to do well. In June there had been a 23 per cent increase in overnight trips and a 29 per cent increase in spending compared to last year. It was also up on pre-Covid levels.