Overseas Arrivals and Departures, Australia

Latest release

Statistics on international travel arriving in and departing from Australia

Reference period

April 2026

Released

12/06/2026

Release date and time

12/06/2026 11:30am AEST

Key statistics

In April 2026:

Short-term visitor arrivals: 644,770 – an increase of 0.6% on one year earlier.
Short-term resident returns: 1,092,380 – an increase of 4.6% on one year earlier.
Total arrivals: 1,817,190 – an increase of 3.1% on one year earlier.
Total departures: 1,816,260 – a decrease of 5.7% on one year earlier.

These statistics report on the number of international border crossings rather than the number of people. Most data in this release are rounded to the nearest 10. As a result, sums of components may not add exactly to totals.

Overseas migration statistics

This release presents statistics on all overseas arrivals and departures, which is not the same as overseas migration statistics. Overseas arrivals and departures (OAD) data, including permanent and long-term movements, should not be used as a measure of overseas migration. This data does not reflect the official ABS definition of migration and may lead to inaccurate interpretations. For instance, OAD permanent and long-term arrivals may be increasing while actual overseas migrant arrivals are decreasing for the same period.

For accurate insights into overseas migration, please refer to the ABS’s official overseas migration statistics:

Arrivals and departures

1.1 Total overseas arrivals and departures - April 2016 to May 2026(a)
	Arrivals (M)	Departures (M)
Apr 2016	1.47	1.49
May 2016	1.30	1.39
Jun 2016	1.33	1.58
Jul 2016	1.83	1.57
Aug 2016	1.51	1.55
Sep 2016	1.59	1.60
Oct 2016	1.78	1.50
Nov 2016	1.51	1.54
Dec 2016	1.72	1.99
Jan 2017	2.07	1.78
Feb 2017	1.63	1.39
Mar 2017	1.52	1.58
Apr 2017	1.65	1.71
May 2017	1.40	1.49
Jun 2017	1.42	1.67
Jul 2017	1.91	1.65
Aug 2017	1.62	1.66
Sep 2017	1.67	1.70
Oct 2017	1.88	1.57
Nov 2017	1.60	1.64
Dec 2017	1.76	2.08
Jan 2018	2.13	1.81
Feb 2018	1.73	1.52
Mar 2018	1.68	1.74
Apr 2018	1.67	1.71
May 2018	1.48	1.56
Jun 2018	1.51	1.79
Jul 2018	2.01	1.73
Aug 2018	1.72	1.77
Sep 2018	1.72	1.76
Oct 2018	1.96	1.64
Nov 2018	1.67	1.72
Dec 2018	1.85	2.18
Jan 2019	2.22	1.91
Feb 2019	1.79	1.52
Mar 2019	1.66	1.68
Apr 2019	1.67	1.83
May 2019	1.59	1.63
Jun 2019	1.56	1.80
Jul 2019	2.01	1.76
Aug 2019	1.78	1.81
Sep 2019	1.75	1.80
Oct 2019	1.98	1.68
Nov 2019	1.72	1.74
Dec 2019	1.89	2.24
Jan 2020	2.26	1.97
Feb 2020	1.57	1.29
Mar 2020	0.92	0.83
Apr 2020	0.02	0.06
May 2020	0.02	0.03
Jun 2020	0.03	0.04
Jul 2020	0.02	0.06
Aug 2020	0.01	0.06
Sep 2020	0.02	0.05
Oct 2020	0.02	0.05
Nov 2020	0.03	0.04
Dec 2020	0.03	0.05
Jan 2021	0.03	0.04
Feb 2021	0.03	0.03
Mar 2021	0.03	0.03
Apr 2021	0.05	0.06
May 2021	0.11	0.11
Jun 2021	0.10	0.10
Jul 2021	0.07	0.09
Aug 2021	0.03	0.04
Sep 2021	0.02	0.03
Oct 2021	0.02	0.04
Nov 2021	0.07	0.09
Dec 2021	0.20	0.23
Jan 2022	0.27	0.19
Feb 2022	0.27	0.18
Mar 2022	0.37	0.34
Apr 2022	0.57	0.61
May 2022	0.65	0.66
Jun 2022	0.73	0.88
Jul 2022	1.08	0.97
Aug 2022	1.03	0.94
Sep 2022	1.07	1.04
Oct 2022	1.21	1.01
Nov 2022	1.19	1.18
Dec 2022	1.26	1.52
Jan 2023	1.61	1.38
Feb 2023	1.38	1.07
Mar 2023	1.34	1.32
Apr 2023	1.37	1.43
May 2023	1.30	1.36
Jun 2023	1.36	1.56
Jul 2023	1.74	1.49
Aug 2023	1.54	1.52
Sep 2023	1.60	1.59
Oct 2023	1.74	1.48
Nov 2023	1.56	1.59
Dec 2023	1.70	2.03
Jan 2024	2.12	1.75
Feb 2024	1.79	1.49
Mar 2024	1.61	1.71
Apr 2024	1.63	1.65
May 2024	1.48	1.56
Jun 2024	1.53	1.76
Jul 2024	1.93	1.65
Aug 2024	1.66	1.69
Sep 2024	1.73	1.80
Oct 2024	1.94	1.66
Nov 2024	1.71	1.78
Dec 2024	1.85	2.26
Jan 2025	2.38	2.03
Feb 2025	1.87	1.52
Mar 2025	1.69	1.67
Apr 2025	1.76	1.93
May 2025	1.66	1.68
Jun 2025	1.62	1.81
Jul 2025	2.07	1.82
Aug 2025	1.81	1.83
Sep 2025	1.83	1.92
Oct 2025	2.10	1.81
Nov 2025	1.85	1.91
Dec 2025	2.00	2.45
Jan 2026	2.52	2.10
Feb 2026	1.99	1.68
Mar 2026	1.83	1.88
Apr 2026	1.82	1.82
May 2026	1.60	1.69

1.1 Total overseas arrivals and departures - April 2016 to May 2026(a)

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Provisional data for the most recent month has not had the full quality assurance methods applied as is done for the earlier months. Provisional estimates will be revised in the next issue of this publication.

1.2 Arrivals and departures by category of travel - selected months(a)(b)
Category of travel	Apr 2019 (no.)	Apr 2024 (no.)	Apr 2025 (no.)	Apr 2026 (no.)	Apr 2025 to Apr 2026 change (%)
Permanent arrivals	7,780	12,370	10,440	12,040	15.3
Long-term resident returns	10,740	9,740	10,890	9,620	-11.6
Short-term resident returns	916,430	964,310	1,044,530	1,092,380	4.6
Long-term visitor arrivals	39,070	55,070	56,390	58,380	3.5
Short-term visitor arrivals	700,370	593,090	641,150	644,770	0.6
Total arrivals	1,674,400	1,634,580	1,763,390	1,817,190	3.1
Long-term resident departures	28,250	30,330	24,460	23,760	-2.9
Short-term resident departures	1,043,340	933,840	1,168,410	1,088,710	-6.8
Long-term visitor departures	21,620	25,080	28,600	26,860	-6.1
Short-term visitor departures	735,430	661,020	704,320	676,930	-3.9
Total departures	1,828,640	1,650,280	1,925,790	1,816,260	-5.7

For further information about categories of travel, see the Glossary section of the Methodology page.
Category of travel data is not available from provisional estimates.

Visitor arrivals - short-term

Compares international visitor arrivals each month by source country and change at the state and territory level. Analysis in this section is undertaken on short-term trips (less than 1 year).

For short-term visitor arrivals to Australia in April 2026:

A total of 644,770 trips were recorded, an increase of 3,630 (0.6%) compared with the corresponding month of the previous year.
The number of trips was 7.9% lower than the pre-COVID level in April 2019.
New Zealand was the largest source country, accounting for 19.3% of all visitor arrivals.

2.1 Short-term visitor arrivals
	Short-term visitor arrivals, Australia ('000)
Apr 2016	610.50
May 2016	541.28
Jun 2016	555.07
Jul 2016	715.78
Aug 2016	632.14
Sep 2016	647.04
Oct 2016	695.92
Nov 2016	721.83
Dec 2016	976.15
Jan 2017	723.99
Feb 2017	787.58
Mar 2017	772.23
Apr 2017	700.01
May 2017	579.09
Jun 2017	606.01
Jul 2017	746.41
Aug 2017	702.90
Sep 2017	663.59
Oct 2017	741.36
Nov 2017	777.09
Dec 2017	1,015.04
Jan 2018	702.58
Feb 2018	914.53
Mar 2018	872.35
Apr 2018	679.78
May 2018	609.45
Jun 2018	646.65
Jul 2018	774.36
Aug 2018	741.71
Sep 2018	690.19
Oct 2018	753.96
Nov 2018	802.16
Dec 2018	1,057.90
Jan 2019	731.13
Feb 2019	927.24
Mar 2019	836.35
Apr 2019	700.37
May 2019	668.28
Jun 2019	660.34
Jul 2019	790.38
Aug 2019	789.20
Sep 2019	694.96
Oct 2019	774.02
Nov 2019	815.91
Dec 2019	1,077.72
Jan 2020	766.59
Feb 2020	685.41
Mar 2020	331.89
Apr 2020	2.25
May 2020	3.44
Jun 2020	5.40
Jul 2020	3.53
Aug 2020	3.03
Sep 2020	3.72
Oct 2020	6.07
Nov 2020	7.57
Dec 2020	8.82
Jan 2021	7.99
Feb 2021	6.26
Mar 2021	8.32
Apr 2021	22.61
May 2021	36.19
Jun 2021	36.77
Jul 2021	18.72
Aug 2021	6.39
Sep 2021	4.43
Oct 2021	4.41
Nov 2021	20.86
Dec 2021	73.29
Jan 2022	60.76
Feb 2022	90.46
Mar 2022	170.25
Apr 2022	235.46
May 2022	231.48
Jun 2022	275.30
Jul 2022	325.68
Aug 2022	348.44
Sep 2022	371.85
Oct 2022	430.47
Nov 2022	505.24
Dec 2022	648.97
Jan 2023	412.41
Feb 2023	600.71
Mar 2023	613.34
Apr 2023	544.92
May 2023	512.33
Jun 2023	542.08
Jul 2023	625.12
Aug 2023	603.36
Sep 2023	584.62
Oct 2023	607.93
Nov 2023	663.76
Dec 2023	876.86
Jan 2024	603.77
Feb 2024	857.95
Mar 2024	761.05
Apr 2024	593.09
May 2024	600.78
Jun 2024	587.76
Jul 2024	658.97
Aug 2024	658.81
Sep 2024	630.70
Oct 2024	677.41
Nov 2024	695.36
Dec 2024	945.28
Jan 2025	710.04
Feb 2025	787.77
Mar 2025	761.23
Apr 2025	641.15
May 2025	611.18
Jun 2025	624.51
Jul 2025	743.21
Aug 2025	753.32
Sep 2025	696.50
Oct 2025	740.65
Nov 2025	831.17
Dec 2025	1,036.66
Jan 2026	716.68
Feb 2026	943.22
Mar 2026	818.99
Apr 2026	644.77

2.1 Short-term visitor arrivals

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Countries where visitors came from

The three leading source countries where visitors came from were:

New Zealand (124,760 trips)
China (81,580)
The USA (54,900).

2.2 Short-term visitor arrivals, Australia - top 10 source countries(a)
Country of Residence	Apr 2019	Apr 2024	Apr 2025	Apr 2026
New Zealand	119,220	115,910	123,950	124,760
China(b)	96,240	58,020	73,770	81,580
USA	60,830	47,610	49,040	54,900
UK	59,150	40,140	55,990	43,770
India	30,920	35,360	36,090	33,710
Singapore	29,850	26,470	26,070	27,290
Japan	32,760	21,450	17,600	23,040
Korea, South	16,700	22,820	19,540	22,530
Hong Kong	31,030	12,930	22,860	20,610
Philippines	15,820	11,610	15,580	16,290

2.2 Short-term visitor arrivals, Australia - top 10 source countries(a)

["Country of Residence","Apr 2019","Apr 2024","Apr 2025","Apr 2026"]

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Top 10 source countries for April 2026.
Excludes SARs and Taiwan.

State or territory of stay

All travellers are asked their intended address in Australia upon arrival. For April 2026:

The highest number of visitor arrivals for short-term trips was observed for New South Wales (242,650)
The Northern Territory recorded the fewest (4,290).

2.3 Short-term visitor arrivals, state or territory of stay - April 2026

This map presents the number of short-term visitor arrivals in Australia in April 2026, by their state of intended stay.

2.4 Short-term visitor arrivals, state or territory of stay
State or territory of stay	Apr 2019 (no.)	Apr 2024 (no.)	Apr 2025 (no.)	Apr 2026 (no.)	Apr 2025 to Apr 2026 change (%)
NSW	267,170	223,790	235,560	242,650	3.0
Vic.	180,000	150,720	169,350	164,280	-3.0
Qld	148,810	123,210	131,390	133,270	1.4
SA	20,480	18,400	19,860	20,360	2.5
WA	62,860	60,570	68,340	67,860	-0.7
Tas.	6,540	4,780	5,310	5,680	6.9
NT	7,250	4,120	3,970	4,290	8.0
ACT	7,220	7,430	7,300	6,300	-13.7
Australia(a)	700,370	593,090	641,150	644,770	0.6

Includes Other Territories.

Countries where visitors came from - state and territory

The top source countries varied across states and territories, and also differed from those at the national level.

State and territory graphs - top 10 source countries

2.5 Short-term visitor arrivals, NSW - top 10 source countries(a)
Country of Residence	Apr 2019	Apr 2024	Apr 2025	Apr 2026
China(b)	37,010	24,950	27,250	35,730
New Zealand	37,920	34,600	36,500	35,480
USA	33,070	23,870	25,870	28,800
UK	22,490	16,040	20,290	16,230
Korea, South	10,350	16,520	13,680	15,630
India	10,820	11,610	11,390	10,440
Japan	9,910	6,570	5,580	8,100
Hong Kong	12,790	5,320	9,130	8,000
Singapore	7,850	6,960	6,710	7,310
Philippines	6,720	4,830	6,830	6,610

2.6 Short-term visitor arrivals, Vic - top 10 source countries(a)
Country of Residence	Apr 2019	Apr 2024	Apr 2025	Apr 2026
China(b)	33,040	19,880	33,960	29,120
New Zealand	28,390	26,360	27,800	27,550
India	11,690	13,330	14,560	13,100
USA	12,150	9,260	9,610	10,920
UK	12,120	8,560	10,090	7,910
Singapore	8,450	7,330	6,840	7,420
Hong Kong	8,210	3,660	6,610	6,980
Thailand	3,670	4,800	4,780	5,050
Vietnam	3,300	4,920	4,270	4,970
Malaysia	8,830	6,440	4,910	4,810

2.7 Short-term visitor arrivals, Qld - top 10 source countries(a)
Country of Residence	Apr 2019	Apr 2024	Apr 2025	Apr 2026
New Zealand	41,850	43,170	46,350	47,430
China(b)	17,200	6,850	6,410	8,870
USA	8,910	7,860	7,720	8,770
UK	10,970	7,210	11,050	8,300
Japan	14,350	8,950	7,430	8,010
Taiwan	4,640	3,630	3,570	3,950
India	3,750	4,360	4,180	3,920
Korea, South	3,050	2,940	2,930	3,440
Canada	3,310	2,950	2,870	3,090
PNG	3,040	2,320	2,880	2,860

2.8 Short-term visitor arrivals, SA - top 10 source countries(a)
Country of Residence	Apr 2019	Apr 2024	Apr 2025	Apr 2026
New Zealand	2,770	3,030	3,320	3,850
India	1,130	1,970	1,920	2,220
China(b)	2,990	1,910	1,640	1,910
USA	1,350	1,410	1,600	1,880
UK	2,140	1,380	1,950	1,420
Singapore	1,050	770	920	930
Hong Kong	1,410	720	770	680
Malaysia	990	720	490	590
Philippines	460	360	520	570
Indonesia	290	600	450	510

2.9 Short-term visitor arrivals, WA - top 10 source countries(a)
Country of Residence	Apr 2019	Apr 2024	Apr 2025	Apr 2026
UK	10,300	6,220	11,450	8,880
Singapore	7,760	8,120	8,800	8,550
New Zealand	5,380	6,460	7,430	8,030
China(b)	3,650	2,720	2,620	4,290
Malaysia	6,850	5,000	4,090	3,790
India	2,640	3,150	3,110	3,160
USA	2,420	2,600	2,030	2,530
Japan	1,980	1,540	1,300	2,310
Indonesia	2,360	5,200	3,180	2,270
Hong Kong	2,630	1,250	2,480	2,130

2.10 Short-term visitor arrivals, Tas - top 10 source countries(a)
Country of Residence	Apr 2019	Apr 2024	Apr 2025	Apr 2026
New Zealand	1,270	1,180	940	1,200
USA	570	490	680	550
Hong Kong	1,000	290	400	470
Singapore	530	290	400	430
China(b)	750	280	380	370
UK	350	150	320	360
Thailand	200	280	170	250
Japan	250	140	50	230
Malaysia	170	170	120	190
Taiwan	130	110	130	190

2.11 Short-term visitor arrivals, NT - top 10 source countries(a)
Country of Residence	Apr 2019	Apr 2024	Apr 2025	Apr 2026
USA	1,750	1,030	870	610
New Zealand	530	270	510	520
UK	400	220	300	360
India	200	220	210	300
Indonesia	310	180	210	250
Singapore	420	180	80	170
Germany	210	140	140	170
Timor-Leste	170	150	140	150
Philippines	470	150	110	140
Japan	550	170	190	130

2.12 Short-term visitor arrivals, ACT - top 10 source countries(a)
Country of Residence	Apr 2019	Apr 2024	Apr 2025	Apr 2026
China(b)	1,380	1,330	1,440	1,180
USA	620	1,090	650	850
New Zealand	1,070	820	1,100	690
India	580	570	550	390
UK	370	370	530	300
Nepal	20	240	200	210
Philippines	160	170	200	200
Canada	160	150	120	190
Indonesia	230	140	200	160
Japan	180	220	80	160

Resident returns - short-term

Compares international resident returns each month by destination country and change at the state and territory level. Analysis in this section is undertaken on short-term trips (less than 1 year).

For residents returning from short-term overseas trips in April 2026:

A total of 1,092,380 trips were recorded, an increase of 47,850 (4.6%) compared with the corresponding month of the previous year.
The number of trips was 19.2% higher than the pre-COVID level in April 2019.
Indonesia was the most popular destination country, accounting for 14.8% of all resident returns.

3.1 Short-term resident returns
	Short-term resident returns, Australia ('000)
Apr 2016	812.52
May 2016	719.28
Jun 2016	721.85
Jul 2016	1,024.59
Aug 2016	822.32
Sep 2016	883.76
Oct 2016	1,024.64
Nov 2016	738.73
Dec 2016	680.56
Jan 2017	1,260.36
Feb 2017	738.70
Mar 2017	690.43
Apr 2017	893.92
May 2017	775.96
Jun 2017	763.18
Jul 2017	1,070.74
Aug 2017	863.23
Sep 2017	946.17
Oct 2017	1,078.68
Nov 2017	773.11
Dec 2017	680.77
Jan 2018	1,336.96
Feb 2018	709.02
Mar 2018	740.73
Apr 2018	929.04
May 2018	822.24
Jun 2018	808.71
Jul 2018	1,133.60
Aug 2018	916.20
Sep 2018	973.97
Oct 2018	1,147.82
Nov 2018	810.32
Dec 2018	732.81
Jan 2019	1,392.85
Feb 2019	746.08
Mar 2019	753.51
Apr 2019	916.43
May 2019	866.28
Jun 2019	841.95
Jul 2019	1,122.59
Aug 2019	930.97
Sep 2019	992.82
Oct 2019	1,145.97
Nov 2019	849.79
Dec 2019	749.66
Jan 2020	1,397.42
Feb 2020	785.39
Mar 2020	538.36
Apr 2020	17.05
May 2020	13.38
Jun 2020	15.76
Jul 2020	10.28
Aug 2020	8.07
Sep 2020	8.17
Oct 2020	11.17
Nov 2020	13.00
Dec 2020	14.30
Jan 2021	11.35
Feb 2021	8.39
Mar 2021	9.25
Apr 2021	16.99
May 2021	62.36
Jun 2021	50.49
Jul 2021	41.83
Aug 2021	10.31
Sep 2021	6.04
Oct 2021	5.07
Nov 2021	25.91
Dec 2021	52.83
Jan 2022	151.57
Feb 2022	116.86
Mar 2022	146.34
Apr 2022	282.63
May 2022	360.61
Jun 2022	390.89
Jul 2022	671.04
Aug 2022	607.95
Sep 2022	633.79
Oct 2022	721.86
Nov 2022	612.12
Dec 2022	529.98
Jan 2023	1,097.90
Feb 2023	639.58
Mar 2023	635.73
Apr 2023	750.17
May 2023	707.44
Jun 2023	729.54
Jul 2023	995.58
Aug 2023	858.54
Sep 2023	939.06
Oct 2023	1,061.34
Nov 2023	820.76
Dec 2023	739.60
Jan 2024	1,392.89
Feb 2024	775.63
Mar 2024	767.11
Apr 2024	964.31
May 2024	807.92
Jun 2024	863.95
Jul 2024	1,146.34
Aug 2024	916.89
Sep 2024	1,020.96
Oct 2024	1,184.90
Nov 2024	931.99
Dec 2024	823.00
Jan 2025	1,544.89
Feb 2025	923.36
Mar 2025	840.08
Apr 2025	1,044.53
May 2025	970.06
Jun 2025	914.08
Jul 2025	1,205.17
Aug 2025	972.07
Sep 2025	1,050.09
Oct 2025	1,278.23
Nov 2025	937.32
Dec 2025	869.41
Jan 2026	1,665.10
Feb 2026	891.46
Mar 2026	910.45
Apr 2026	1,092.38

3.1 Short-term resident returns

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Destination countries

The three leading destination countries residents returned from were:

Indonesia (161,700 trips)
New Zealand (135,190)
Japan (108,540).

3.2 Short-term resident returns, Australia - top 10 destination countries(a)
Country of Stay	Apr 2019	Apr 2024	Apr 2025	Apr 2026
Indonesia	108,010	133,160	139,910	161,700
New Zealand	129,210	121,320	131,360	135,190
Japan	58,200	91,560	107,130	108,540
China(b)	63,540	60,330	67,970	90,930
Vietnam	32,480	42,730	54,910	68,000
Thailand	53,500	54,630	59,920	62,170
India	30,270	48,030	44,950	51,890
USA	81,130	60,520	56,770	47,900
Singapore	38,900	34,990	37,440	39,570
Fiji	29,130	34,220	34,420	38,730

3.2 Short-term resident returns, Australia - top 10 destination countries(a)

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Top 10 destination countries for April 2026.
Excludes SARs and Taiwan.

State or territory of residence

All travellers are asked their intended address in Australia upon arrival. For April 2026:

The highest number of resident returns from short-term trips was observed for New South Wales (354,140)
The Northern Territory recorded the fewest (8,520).

3.3 Short-term resident returns, state or territory of residence - April 2026

This map presents the number of short-term resident returns in Australia in April 2026, by their state of intended residence.

3.4 Short-term resident returns, state or territory of residence
State or territory of residence	Apr 2019 (no.)	Apr 2024 (no.)	Apr 2025 (no.)	Apr 2026 (no.)	Apr 2025 to Apr 2026 change (%)
NSW	310,740	315,580	330,970	354,140	7.0
Vic.	259,070	265,510	296,390	298,430	0.7
Qld	165,860	187,170	198,870	202,530	1.8
SA	36,650	39,670	42,190	52,570	24.6
WA	111,750	125,940	140,090	147,790	5.5
Tas.	8,100	8,770	10,140	9,540	-5.9
NT	7,580	6,170	7,690	8,520	10.7
ACT	16,400	15,220	17,910	18,690	4.4
Australia(a)	916,430	964,310	1,044,530	1,092,380	4.6

Includes Other Territories.

Recent changes

March 2026 data revised

In April 2026, the ABS encountered a technical issue that delayed the supply of linked Medicare data for March 2026. This data is a secondary source for state and territory of residence/stay when it is missing or unavailable from the passenger card and is most commonly used for residents departing Australia. As a result of the delay, state of residence data from Medicare was not available at the time of processing and the affected records were instead populated through the standard state of residence/stay imputation.

This issue did not impact other variables. Once linked Medicare data became available, the ABS reprocessed and revised overseas arrivals and departures data for March 2026, which was released in the April 2026 issue of Overseas Arrivals and Departures, Australia. Time series spreadsheets for Tables 11, 12, 13, 15 and 16 were revised.

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Notes

The ABS encountered a technical issue that delayed the supply of linked Medicare data for March 2026, which is a secondary source for the state and territory of residence/stay variable. As a result, Overseas Arrivals and Departures data for March 2026 was revised and released in the April 2026 publication. For further information see Methodology page, in the History of changes section for the year 2026.
The ABS identified a data quality issue with OAD source data which affected the state or territory of residence and state or territory of stay data. As a result, Overseas Arrivals and Departures data for November 2024 was revised and released in the December 2024 publication. For further information see Methodology page, in the History of changes section for the year 2024.
Additional provisional data is available under the Data downloads for State of clearance (Table 13), Country of citizenship (Table 14), and Visa group (Tables 15 and 16). No further breakdowns of provisional data are available, other than those which appear in this release.
The ABS identified a data quality issue with OAD processing which affected the state of clearance and visa grouping data. As a result, Overseas Arrivals and Departures data from September 2007 to August 2015 was revised and released in the March 2023 publication. A further revision to data from July 2007 to June 2017 was released in the April 2023 publication. For further information see Methodology page, in the History of changes section for the year 2007.
Due to improvements made to the quality of the imputations used to estimate duration of stay, OAD data from January to March 2022 has been revised and released in the April 2022 issue. These imputations use historical data and have been impacted by changed travel behaviour during the COVID-19 travel restrictions period. For further information see Methodology page in the History of changes section for the year 2022.
The ABS identified a data quality issue with the source data which affected the state and territory of stay/residence data. As a result, Overseas Arrivals and Departures data from July 2021 to February 2022 was revised and released in the March 2022 issue. For further information see Methodology page in the History of changes section for the year 2022.
For all Short-term Visitor Arrivals (STVA) and Short-term Resident Returns (STRR) series, the trend estimates have been suspended from February 2020 and the seasonally adjusted estimates have been suspended from April 2020 due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on international travel. For more information, see the Seasonally adjusted and trend estimates section under 'Processing the data' in the Methodology page associated with this release.
The quality of the imputation used to estimate duration of stay for some resident departures was impacted by changed travel behaviour during COVID-19 travel restrictions. The proportional split between short-term resident departures and long-term resident departures was impacted from April 2020 to December 2021. Where possible, instead of departure volumes, we recommend clients use short-term resident returns and long-term resident returns for greater accuracy. For more information on how this variable is imputed, please refer to the Imputations and derivations section of the Methodology page.
Occasionally situations occur that necessitate breaks being applied to the trend series. For an overview of the breaks currently included in the trend series, refer to the Seasonally adjusted and trend estimates section in the Methodology.
For further information about the data, including updates or changes, see the Methodology page.

Time series spreadsheets

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Table 1: Total movement, arrivals - category of movement
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Table 2: Total movement, departures - category of movement
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Table 3: Short-term movement, visitors arriving - selected countries of residence: trend
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Table 4: Short-term movement, visitors arriving - selected countries of residence: seasonally adjusted
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Table 5: Short-term movement, visitors arriving - selected countries of residence: original
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Table 6: Short-term movement, visitors arriving - intended length of stay and main reason for journey: original
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Table 7: Short-term movement, residents returning - selected destinations: trend
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Table 8: Short-term movement, residents returning - selected destinations: seasonally adjusted
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Table 10: Short-term movements, residents returning - length of stay and main reason for journey: original
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Table 11: Short-term movement, visitors arriving - state of intended stay: original
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Table 13: Total arrivals and total departures - state of residence/stay and state of clearance
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Table 14: Total arrivals and total departures - country of citizenship
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Table 15: Total arrivals - state of residence/stay by visa group
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Data notes

This release contains overseas movement data which should not be interpreted as 'persons'. See the Scope section in the Methodology for more detail.

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Annual analysis articles

Compares annual international travel arrivals over time by source/destination country, state and territory, age and sex, main reason for journey and median duration of trip. All analysis in these articles is done on short-term trips (less than 1 year).

Overseas arrivals and departures, Australia - 2023-24 financial year

Overseas arrivals and departures, Australia - 2024-25 financial year

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Overseas Arrivals and Departures, Australia methodology, April 2026

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Overseas migration statistics

Arrivals and departures

Visitor arrivals - short-term

Countries where visitors came from

State or territory of stay

2.3 Short-term visitor arrivals, state or territory of stay - April 2026

Countries where visitors came from - state and territory

State and territory graphs - top 10 source countries

Resident returns - short-term

Destination countries

State or territory of residence

3.3 Short-term resident returns, state or territory of residence - April 2026

Recent changes

March 2026 data revised

Data downloads

Notes

Time series spreadsheets

Table 1: Total movement, arrivals - category of movement

Table 2: Total movement, departures - category of movement

Table 3: Short-term movement, visitors arriving - selected countries of residence: trend

Table 4: Short-term movement, visitors arriving - selected countries of residence: seasonally adjusted

Table 5: Short-term movement, visitors arriving - selected countries of residence: original

Table 6: Short-term movement, visitors arriving - intended length of stay and main reason for journey: original

Table 7: Short-term movement, residents returning - selected destinations: trend

Table 8: Short-term movement, residents returning - selected destinations: seasonally adjusted

Table 9: Short-term movement, residents returning - selected destinations: original

Table 10: Short-term movements, residents returning - length of stay and main reason for journey: original

Table 11: Short-term movement, visitors arriving - state of intended stay: original

Table 12: Short-term movement, residents returning - state of residence: original

Table 13: Total arrivals and total departures - state of residence/stay and state of clearance

Table 14: Total arrivals and total departures - country of citizenship

Table 15: Total arrivals - state of residence/stay by visa group

Table 16: Total departures - state of residence/stay by visa group