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SHORT-TERM RESIDENT DEPARTURES ON HOLIDAY

SHORT-TERM DEPARTURES(a), By air on holiday: Original
	2008/2009	Dec 08	Mar 09	Jun 09	Sep 09	Dec 09
Countries	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.
RESIDENT DEPARTURES(b)
Indonesia	145 381	33 932	29 148	42 219	62 048	64 668
Thailand	55 098	13 956	9 945	13 355	16 942	14 625
Singapore	35 241	8 946	7 493	9 914	11 245	10 581
Malaysia	35 010	8 327	8 500	10 740	10 701	11 847
United Kingdom(c)	31 235	5 297	3 032	10 968	11 774	7 484
New Zealand	30 036	8 663	7 495	5 465	9 919	8 252
United States of America	18 754	4 941	2 071	5 560	7 005	6 418
Hong Kong(d)	12 280	3 753	2 146	2 623	3 096	3 509
Japan	6 557	1 458	3 090	1 224	1 094	2 127
South Africa	5 418	1 619	1 070	1 520	1 445	1 823
Europe(e)	30 543	4 923	2 061	10 188	14 056	5 058
Total(f)	472 601	116 083	89 392	128 728	166 086	157 035
(a) Comprises travellers whose intended stay is less than 12 months.
(b) Resident departures by air on holiday to selected country of main destination.
(c) Includes Channel Islands, Isle of Man and Ireland.
(d) Special Administrative Region of China.
(e) Excluding United Kingdom.
(f) Total includes countries not listed.
Source: ABS data available on request, Overseas Arrivals and Departures, Australia (cat. no. 3401.0).

• Of the 472,600 Western Australian residents holidaying abroad in 2008-09, almost 60% travelled to nearby South-East Asian countries. The top destinations were Indonesia (31%), Thailand (12%), Singapore and Malaysia (both over 7%). New Zealand was also a popular destination, accounting for over 6% of holiday departures overseas.

• In the December quarter 2009, 157,000 residents left Western Australia for overseas holidays, up by 35% on the same quarter of 2008.
• The popular holiday destination of Indonesia received 91% more tourists from this state, in comparison with the December quarter of the previous year. Japan and Malaysia saw increases of 46% and 42% respectively. One likely contributor was the increased competition between airlines, and cheaper fares, to and from Perth.
• Notable increases also occurred in resident departures to the United Kingdom (up 41%) and USA (up 30%) since December 2008.
• Hong Kong and New Zealand saw a fall in Western Australian tourists, down 6.5% (3,100) and 5% (8,250) respectively on the same quarter of the previous year.