1 For data quality issues see the Appendix which is found on the Explanatory Notes tab of Overseas Arrivals and Departures (cat. no. 3401.0).

2 Short-term movements are based on a sample and are subject to sampling error. See paragraphs 10 and 11 of the Explanatory Notes and the Standard Errors section from the Explanatory Notes tab of Overseas Arrivals and Departures (cat. no. 3401.0) for more detail.

3 Occasionally situations occur that necessitate breaks being applied to the trend series. These breaks are necessary because of a change in the underlying level of the original series. While the breaks apply to an individual country (e.g. Indonesia) a consequence is that breaks are also applied to the regional total series (e.g. Total South-East Asia) and the total series. Breaks currently included in the trend series are as follows:

• October 2002: Short-term resident departures - Indonesia, Total South-East Asia and Total - Trend series breaks due to the decrease in movements resulting from the Bali bombing of 12 October 2002.
• December 2003: Short-term resident departures - Indonesia, Total South-East Asia and Total - Trend series breaks due to a return to the trend levels experienced prior to the Bali bombing of 12 October 2002.
• October 2005: Short-term resident departures - Indonesia, Total South-East Asia and Total - Trend series breaks due to the decrease in movements resulting from the Bali bombing of 1 October 2005.
• December 2006: Short-term resident departures - Indonesia, Total South-East Asia and Total - Trend series breaks due to the increase in movements to Indonesia to levels closer to, but still lower than, the movements experienced prior to the Bali bombing of 1 October 2005.

4 For additional notes on the data please see the Notes section of the Key Figures of Overseas Arrivals and Departures (cat. no. 3401.0).

CHANGES IN THIS ISSUE

With the introduction of the Standard Australian Classification of Countries (SACC), Second Edition (cat. no. 1269.0), released 19 May 2008, two changes have influenced the dissemination of overseas arrivals and departures (OAD) data.

United Kingdom, Channel Islands and Isle of Man: Prior to the second edition of SACC, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man were included with the United Kingdom for the dissemination of OAD data. The Channel Islands (including Guernsey and Jersey) and the Isle of Man are no longer included with the United Kingdom as they are classified as separate countries. The numbers involved are negligible.

In tables and associated output (e.g. timeseries spreadsheets) labels for the United Kingdom, Channel Islands and Isle of Man will now be displayed as UK, CIs & IOM.

Serbia, Montenegro and Kosovo: Prior to the introduction of the second edition of SACC, Kosovo was included with Serbia and OAD data was disseminated as Serbia and Montenegro. Kosovo is no longer considered to be part of Serbia and is classified as a
separate country.

In tables and associated output (e.g. timeseries spreadsheets and commentary) the label for these three countries will be Serbia, Montenegro and Kosovo.

For further information on country classification see paragraphs 7 and 8 of the Explanatory Notes.

FORTHCOMING ISSUES

Annual seasonal adjustment reanalysis: The annual reanalysis of the short-term visitor arrivals and short-term resident departures series will be undertaken after the release of this issue. Any revisions to the seasonally adjusted and trend estimates series will be incorporated with the release of July 2008 data.

ABBREVIATION

UK, CIs & IOM United Kingdom, Channel Islands and Isle of Man