In the year ended December 2024, there were 3.4 million business event visitors to Sydney who spent an estimated $4.1 billion while in the city. Of those visitors, 2.3 million were domestic overnight and 347,500 were international visitors.

In the same year, there were 3.2 million business event visitors to regional NSW who spent an estimated $1.8 billion. Of those visitors, 1.9 million were domestic overnight, 1.3 million were domestic daytrip and 38,100 were international visitors.

Definition: Business events data collected through the NVS and IVS includes all business-related activities where the survey respondent either attended or accompanied someone who attended a business meeting, corporate event, convention or conference, seminar, exhibition and/or trade fair.

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