Solid increase in overseas visitors: data

Foreign visitors are spending more, staying longer and coming to Australia in greater numbers.

Record numbers of foreign travellers are coming to Australia and they are spending big and staying longer.

Tourism Minister Steve Ciobo said expenditure from international visitors went up by $5.5 billion to a record high of $36.6 billion last year.

The number of visitors was up eight per cent to 6.9 million.