3401.0 - Overseas Arrivals and Departures, Australia, Aug 2010 Quality Declaration 
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 06/10/2010   
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AUGUST KEY FIGURES

Aug '10
Jul '10 to Aug '10
Aug '09 to Aug '10
'000
% change
% change

Short-term visitor arrivals
Trend
487.9
0.6
5.6
Seasonally adjusted
497.5
2.7
. .
Original
453.4
. .
. .
Short-term resident departures
Trend
602.9
0.7
13.4
Seasonally adjusted
595.2
-1.2
. .
Original
582.6
. .
. .

. . not applicable

Visitor arrivals, Short-term
Graph: Visitor arrivals, Short-term

Resident departures, Short-term
Graph: Resident departures, Short-term




AUGUST KEY POINTS


SHORT-TERM VISITOR ARRIVALS
  • Trend estimates: Short-term visitor arrivals to Australia during August 2010 (487,900 movements) increased 0.6% compared with July 2010 (485,200 movements). This followed similar monthly increases of 0.4% in June 2010 and 0.6% in July 2010. The current trend estimate for arrivals is 5.6% higher than in August 2009.
  • Seasonally adjusted estimates: During August 2010, short-term visitor arrivals (497,500 movements) recorded an increase of 2.7% compared with July 2010 (484,200 movements). This followed a monthly increase of 2.5% for June 2010 and a decrease of 1.2% for July 2010.
  • Original estimates: There were 453,400 short-term visitor arrivals to Australia in August 2010.


SHORT-TERM RESIDENT DEPARTURES
  • Trend estimates: Short-term resident departures from Australia during August 2010 (602,900 movements) increased 0.7% compared with July 2010 (598,500 movements). This followed monthly increases of 1.2% for June 2010 and 1.0% for July 2010. The current trend estimate for departures is 13.4% higher than in August 2009.
  • Seasonally adjusted estimates: During August 2010, short-term resident departures (595,200 movements) decreased by 1.2% compared with July 2010 (602,300 movements). This followed a monthly increase of 6.3% for June and a decrease of 2.0% for July 2010.
  • Original estimates: There were 582,600 short-term resident departures from Australia during August 2010.


NOTES

FORTHCOMING ISSUES

ISSUE Release Date
September 2010 8 November 2010
October 2010 6 December 2010
November 2010 12 January 2011
December 2010 8 February 2011
January 2011 7 March 2011
February 20115 April 2011



DATA NOTES

This publication contains overseas movement data which should not be interpreted as 'persons'. See paragraph 5 of the Explanatory Notes for more detail.

The statistics in this publication have been rounded to the nearest 100 for short-term movements and to the nearest 10 for permanent and long-term movements. As a result, sums of the components may not add exactly to totals. Analysis featured in this publication is based on unrounded data. Calculations made on rounded data may differ to those published.


CHANGES IN THIS ISSUE

There are no changes in this issue.


INQUIRIES

For further information about these and related statistics, contact the National Information and Referral Service on 1300 135 070 or Abul Majumder on Canberra (02) 6252 7083.