Australian Bureau of Statistics
Celebrating the International Year of Statistics 2013

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1 For data quality issues see the Appendix which is linked to the Main Features page 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 which are linked to the Main Features page 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 (e.g. Total). 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.