3401.0 - Overseas Arrivals and Departures, Australia, Sep 2006  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 06/11/2006   
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1 For data quality issues see the Appendix which is found on the Explanatory Notes tab 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 Explanatory Notes 10 and 11 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.

4 For additional information on the data please see the Notes section of the Main Features of Short-term Visitor Arrival Estimates, Australia (cat. no. 3401.0.55.001).

CHANGES IN THIS ISSUE

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TAKE CARE

Short-term resident departures to Lebanon — As a result of the major conflict between Israel and Hizbollah in Lebanon, in July and August 2006, there has been a large downward movement in the seasonally adjusted estimates for short-term resident departures to Lebanon. This has caused some uncertainty in the trend estimates from August 2006. As the underlying behaviour of the series cannot be accurately estimated due to this change, users should be aware that a longer span of data is required before the effects of the changes in the series, and hence the final trend for this series, can be determined.