Does tourism and hospitality work count towards your 88 days?
Tourism and hospitality counts as specified work for both Working Holiday visas, but only in the right areas: Northern Australia or Remote and Very Remote Australia or Additional tourism and hospitality postcode for the 417, and Northern Australia or Remote and Very Remote Australia or Additional tourism and hospitality postcode for the 462.
What counts as tourism and hospitality
- accommodation: hotels, motels, bed and breakfasts, backpacker hostels, caravan parks and camping grounds, commercial housekeeping services, boarding houses, guest houses and reception centres
- food and beverage: cafes and restaurants, takeaway food services, catering services, pubs, taverns and bars, hospitality clubs
- services provided directly to tourists: tourist guides and operators, outdoor adventure or activity instructors, tourist transport service workers, gallery or museum workers, travel agency and tourist information workers, event and entertainment venue workers
Only counts if carried out after 21 June 2021 in Northern Australia, Remote and Very Remote Australia, or postcodes 4406, 4416, 4498 and 7215.
Where it counts, visa by visa
417 Working Holiday
Must be carried out in Northern Australia or Remote and Very Remote Australia or Additional tourism and hospitality postcode.
462 Work and Holiday
Must be carried out in Northern Australia or Remote and Very Remote Australia or Additional tourism and hospitality postcode.
Common jobs in this category
Example towns (417 rules)
Likely to qualify
Unlikely to qualify
Derived from the current official postcode classifications. The work itself must still fit the category definition above.
Official sources
Migration (Specified work and areas for subclass 417 visas) Instrument (LIN 22/012) 2022 — Compilation No. 3
Federal Register of Legislation · last checked 12 August 2026
View official government source ↗Specified work for Working Holiday visa (subclass 417)
Department of Home Affairs · last checked 12 August 2026
View official government source ↗Migration (Specified work and areas for subclass 462 visas) Instrument (LIN 22/013) 2022 — Compilation No. 3
Federal Register of Legislation · last checked 12 August 2026
View official government source ↗Specified work for Work and Holiday visa (subclass 462)
Department of Home Affairs · last checked 12 August 2026
View official government source ↗
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General information only, based on rules last checked 12 August 2026 — not immigration advice.