3401.0 - Overseas Arrivals and Departures, Australia, May 2018

ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 16/07/2018

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Explanatory Notes Glossary Abbreviations Passenger Card (Appendix) Data Quality Issues (Appendix) Revisions to Trend Estimates (What If) Time Series Spreadsheet (I-Note) Time Series Spreadsheet (I-Note) Time Series Spreadsheet (I-Note) Seasonally Adjusted and Trend Estimates (Technical Note) Quality Declaration - Summary	Note: In July 2017, the Australian Government Department of Home Affairs introduced changes to the incoming passenger card. The change was to capture the main reason for journey for both residents returning, and visitors arriving in Australia. The ABS has noted changes in the distribution of responses to the question on main reason for journey for short-term visitor arrivals in recent months, notably an increase in the number of persons reporting that the main reason for travel was visiting friends and relatives and a decline in the number of persons reporting the main reason was a holiday. The ABS is investigating possible explanations for these changes.