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MAY KEY FIGURES

		May '15	Apr '15 to May '15	May '14 to May '15
		'000	% change	% change
Short-term visitor arrivals
	Trend	613.6	0.6	7.0
	Seasonally adjusted	606.8	-0.5	. .
	Original	483.0	. .	. .
Short-term resident departures
	Trend	776.6	-0.1	2.5
	Seasonally adjusted	766.1	-0.9	. .
	Original	744.2	. .	. .
. . not applicable

Visitor arrivals, Short-term

Resident departures, Short-term

• Trend estimates: Short-term visitor arrivals during May 2015 (613,600 movements) increased 0.6% compared with April 2015 (609,900 movements). This followed monthly increases of 0.9% in March 2015 and 0.7% in April 2015. The current trend estimate for arrivals is 7.0% higher than in May 2014.
• Seasonally adjusted estimates: During May 2015, short-term visitor arrivals (606,800 movements) decreased 0.5% compared with April 2015 (609,700 movements). This followed a monthly increase of 2.6% in March 2015 and a monthly decrease of 1.5% in April 2015.
• Original estimates: There were 483,000 short-term visitor arrivals to Australia in May 2015.

• Trend estimates: Short-term resident departures during May 2015 (776,600 movements) decreased 0.1% compared with April 2015 (777,300 movements). This followed a monthly increase of 0.2% in March 2015 and no change in April 2015. The current trend estimate for departures is 2.5% higher than in May 2014.
• Seasonally adjusted estimates: During May 2015, short-term resident departures (766,100 movements) decreased 0.9% compared with April 2015 (773,200 movements). This followed a monthly increase of 2.1% in March 2015 and a monthly decrease of 2.1% in April 2015.
• Original estimates: There were 744,200 short-term resident departures from Australia in May 2015.