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MARCH KEY FIGURES

		Mar '15	Feb '15 to Mar '15	Mar '14 to Mar '15
		'000	% change	% change
Short-term visitor arrivals
	Trend	606.0	1.0	6.7
	Seasonally adjusted	618.6	2.4	. .
	Original	674.5	. .	. .
Short-term resident departures
	Trend	788.1	0.8	5.3
	Seasonally adjusted	795.9	2.4	. .
	Original	720.7	. .	. .
. . not applicable

Visitor arrivals, Short-term

Resident departures, Short-term

• Trend estimates: Short-term visitor arrivals during March 2015 (606,000 movements) increased 1.0% compared with February 2015 (600,200 movements). This followed monthly increases of 0.9% in January 2015 and 1.0% in February 2015. The current trend estimate for arrivals is 6.7% higher than in March 2014.
• Seasonally adjusted estimates: During March 2015, short-term visitor arrivals (618,600 movements) increased 2.4% compared with February 2015 (603,800 movements). This followed a monthly decrease of 2.0% in January 2015 and a monthly increase of 3.9% in February 2015.
• Original estimates: There were 674,500 short-term visitor arrivals to Australia in March 2015.

• Trend estimates: Short-term resident departures during March 2015 (788,100 movements) increased 0.8% compared with February 2015 (781,900 movements). This followed monthly increases of 0.9% in both January 2015 and February 2015. The current trend estimate for departures is 5.3% higher than in March 2014.
• Seasonally adjusted estimates: During March 2015, short-term resident departures (795,900 movements) increased 2.4% compared with February 2015 (777,600 movements). This followed monthly increases of 0.3% in January 2015 and 0.1% in February 2015.
• Original estimates: There were 720,700 short-term resident departures from Australia in March 2015.