1367.5 - Western Australian Statistical Indicators, Jun 2009  
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SHORT-TERM ARRIVALS ON HOLIDAY

  • Over 243,000 overseas visitors arrived in Western Australia in the year ending June 2008. The top five countries of origin were the United Kingdom (25%); Singapore (16%); Japan and Malaysia (both over 8%); and New Zealand (6%).
  • More than 62,000 overseas visitors arrived in the March quarter 2009. This is 4.5% fewer visitors than in the same quarter of the previous year. In particular, there were fewer visitors from United Kingdom (down 12%) and Japan (down 20%), reflecting the economic downturn in those countries. The number of visitors from South Africa was also significantly down in percentage terms ( -30%).
  • In comparison with the same quarter of 2008, the March quarter 2009 saw more overseas visitors from South-East Asia, particularly Malaysia, which had 25% more arrivals than in the same quarter of the previous year. In the last two quarters, the number of visitors from Malaysia was almost double the number from Japan.

1 Short-term Overseas Visitor Arrivals, top 10 countries of origin: Original

2007-08
Mar qtr 08
Jun qtr 08
Sep qtr 08
Dec qtr 08
Mar qtr 09
Countries
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VISITOR ARRIVALS

United Kingdom
60 755
21 611
8 138
8 548
20 471
19 136
Singapore
39 927
7 787
10 140
6 543
13 544
8 440
Japan
20 490
4 254
2 806
5 230
4 009
3 422
Malaysia
19 629
5 284
4 135
3 296
7 750
6 618
New Zealand
13 840
2 633
3 393
3 042
3 048
2 369
Indonesia
7 535
1 889
1 506
2 105
2 778
1 695
Thailand
6 338
528
1 528
598
768
735
South Africa
6 023
1 391
1 440
1 613
2 303
981
United States of America
5 601
1 594
1 458
669
1 461
1 423
Hong Kong
4 885
1 597
736
809
1 406
1 533
Europe
35 497
9 692
5 317
6 901
12 459
9 331
Total
243 346
65 051
45 070
44 584
76 427
62 131



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