REVEALED: Where the 73,000 people to arrive in the NT since borders reopened came from

ABOUT 73,000 people have arrived in the NT from interstate since the Territory’s borders were reopened on July 17. Find out how many visitors came from each jurisdiction HERE.

• 70,000 arrivals to the NT since borders reopened

QUEENSLANDERS have been the Northern Territory’s top source of arrivals since borders reopened on July 17.

NT Health data obtained by the NT News shows 73,312 people have arrived in the NT since July 17 by yesterday.

Of those arrivals, 26 per cent (19,060) were from Queensland, 25 per cent (18,617) from South Australia, eight per cent (6178) were from NSW, four per cent (3062) from Victoria, five per cent (3518) from Western Australia, 0.5 per cent (412) from Tasmania and one per cent (735) from the ACT.

Territory residents returning home to the NT made up 22 per cent (16,192) of the arrivals.

There have been more than 2500 overseas arrivals in the NT since April, according to the latest data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

Top End tourism operators have this week been preparing to welcome back visitors from Greater Sydney who will no longer need to quarantine when they enter the NT from October 9.

Antonio Mezzadoni and Ingrid Ieremie, from the Gold Coast, flew into Darwin International Airport on Monday. They intend to stay indefinitely. Picture: Che Chorley

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Cooinda in Kakadu recently decided to open its Outback Retreat glamping tents for the first time since March.

Kakadu Tourism chairman Rick Allert said they decided to reopen it this Saturday due to the prospect of greater accessibility from interstate markets.

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