Overseas Arrivals and Departures, Australia

Latest release

Statistics on international travel arriving in and departing from Australia

Reference period

December 2025

Released

12/02/2026

Release date and time

12/02/2026 11:30am AEDT

Key statistics

In December 2025:

Short-term visitor arrivals: 1,036,660 – an increase of 9.7% on one year earlier.
Short-term resident returns: 869,410 – an increase of 5.6% on one year earlier.
Total arrivals: 1,996,200 – an increase of 7.7% on one year earlier.
Total departures: 2,451,810 – an increase of 8.4% 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 - December 2015 to January 2026(a)
	Arrivals (M)	Departures (M)
Dec 2015	1.58	1.85
Jan 2016	1.91	1.64
Feb 2016	1.56	1.37
Mar 2016	1.48	1.54
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

1.1 Total overseas arrivals and departures - December 2015 to January 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	Dec 2019 (no.)	Dec 2023 (no.)	Dec 2024 (no.)	Dec 2025 (no.)	Dec 2024 to Dec 2025 change (%)
Permanent arrivals	7,810	14,880	14,250	12,690	-10.9
Long-term resident returns	21,850	21,650	21,710	22,740	4.8
Short-term resident returns	749,660	739,600	823,000	869,410	5.6
Long-term visitor arrivals	32,250	51,740	48,780	54,700	12.1
Short-term visitor arrivals	1,077,720	876,860	945,280	1,036,660	9.7
Total arrivals	1,889,300	1,704,730	1,853,030	1,996,200	7.7
Long-term resident departures	29,390	27,840	25,800	25,030	-3.0
Short-term resident departures	1,304,480	1,292,730	1,450,630	1,558,840	7.5
Long-term visitor departures	35,290	48,850	54,950	57,560	4.8
Short-term visitor departures	871,180	658,320	730,640	810,380	10.9
Total departures	2,240,340	2,027,740	2,262,020	2,451,810	8.4

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 December 2025:

A total of 1,036,660 trips were recorded, an increase of 91,370 (9.7%) compared with the corresponding month of the previous year.
The number of trips was 3.8% lower than the pre-COVID level in December 2019.
New Zealand was the largest source country, accounting for 13.7% of all visitor arrivals.

2.1 Short-term visitor arrivals
	Short-term visitor arrivals, Australia ('000)
Dec 2015	901.32
Jan 2016	617.67
Feb 2016	798.61
Mar 2016	757.35
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

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 (142,420 trips)
The UK (138,610)
The USA (102,590).

2.2 Short-term visitor arrivals, Australia - top 10 source countries(a)
Country of Residence	Dec 2019	Dec 2023	Dec 2024	Dec 2025
New Zealand	143,530	125,640	133,600	142,420
UK	118,530	97,170	103,730	138,610
USA	99,900	85,200	95,060	102,590
China(b)	111,800	66,530	70,570	83,120
India	44,640	43,970	52,740	46,860
Singapore	56,300	43,330	46,110	45,410
Japan	52,030	34,000	40,070	42,050
Korea, South	31,260	36,110	38,130	39,630
Germany	29,380	22,630	26,430	26,860
Hong Kong	37,060	25,470	24,740	26,430

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

["Country of Residence","Dec 2019","Dec 2023","Dec 2024","Dec 2025"]

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Top 10 source countries for December 2025.
Excludes SARs and Taiwan.

State or territory of stay

All travellers are asked their intended address in Australia upon arrival. For December 2025:

The highest number of visitor arrivals for short-term trips was observed for New South Wales (389,290)
The Northern Territory recorded the fewest (2,920).

2.3 Short-term visitor arrivals, state or territory of stay - December 2025

This map presents the number of short-term visitor arrivals in Australia in December 2025, by their state of intended stay.

2.4 Short-term visitor arrivals, state or territory of stay
State or territory of stay	Dec 2019 (no.)	Dec 2023 (no.)	Dec 2024 (no.)	Dec 2025 (no.)	Dec 2024 to Dec 2025 change (%)
NSW	388,710	351,760	358,290	389,290	8.7
Vic.	299,560	236,680	258,030	281,540	9.1
Qld	212,050	159,270	176,290	204,310	15.9
SA	33,300	25,240	28,540	33,530	17.5
WA	111,800	80,370	97,540	102,210	4.8
Tas.	14,900	9,990	12,400	12,430	0.3
NT	4,480	3,000	3,870	2,920	-24.5
ACT	12,920	10,430	10,240	10,350	1.0
Australia(a)	1,077,720	876,860	945,280	1,036,660	9.7

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	Dec 2019	Dec 2023	Dec 2024	Dec 2025
USA	53,880	47,090	48,060	53,270
UK	41,970	38,710	39,170	48,790
New Zealand	40,010	39,580	38,920	42,290
China(b)	40,420	27,260	28,320	31,930
Korea, South	16,650	25,120	25,970	26,190
Japan	15,060	11,970	13,400	14,470
India	14,560	13,250	14,890	13,420
Germany	11,840	11,000	11,560	11,850
Singapore	12,920	12,330	11,650	11,650
Hong Kong	13,540	10,000	8,990	9,270

2.6 Short-term visitor arrivals, Vic - top 10 source countries(a)
Country of Residence	Dec 2019	Dec 2023	Dec 2024	Dec 2025
New Zealand	47,770	32,260	35,330	36,290
UK	25,070	21,040	22,930	35,360
China(b)	42,150	25,150	26,960	31,340
USA	21,940	18,120	21,400	21,810
India	19,140	19,250	23,310	21,050
Singapore	16,830	14,030	14,460	14,180
Indonesia	9,720	8,720	9,770	10,210
Hong Kong	10,540	8,430	8,060	9,050
Malaysia	13,980	7,430	7,320	7,690
Philippines	4,340	5,070	5,580	6,800

2.7 Short-term visitor arrivals, Qld - top 10 source countries(a)
Country of Residence	Dec 2019	Dec 2023	Dec 2024	Dec 2025
New Zealand	41,860	40,720	44,330	49,950
UK	20,240	15,450	15,890	22,210
USA	13,580	11,630	14,370	17,100
Japan	22,000	13,200	16,060	16,030
China(b)	17,830	7,800	8,120	10,910
Korea, South	7,640	4,520	5,210	6,210
Singapore	9,470	4,990	4,950	5,950
India	5,020	5,230	6,150	5,480
Canada	4,670	4,270	4,630	5,040
Germany	4,780	3,290	4,240	4,500

2.8 Short-term visitor arrivals, SA - top 10 source countries(a)
Country of Residence	Dec 2019	Dec 2023	Dec 2024	Dec 2025
UK	5,640	4,070	4,410	7,660
New Zealand	3,000	2,590	2,860	3,310
China(b)	3,460	1,620	1,950	2,990
USA	2,420	2,040	2,400	2,890
India	1,980	2,190	2,650	2,360
Singapore	1,630	1,380	1,380	1,290
Hong Kong	1,510	770	770	1,020
Canada	760	580	750	930
Japan	670	590	500	790
Germany	1,430	640	980	760

2.9 Short-term visitor arrivals, WA - top 10 source countries(a)
Country of Residence	Dec 2019	Dec 2023	Dec 2024	Dec 2025
UK	22,970	16,060	19,580	21,870
Singapore	12,360	8,900	11,730	10,700
New Zealand	7,750	8,040	8,550	7,640
USA	4,790	3,960	5,120	4,600
China(b)	4,500	2,360	3,560	4,090
Malaysia	10,110	2,730	3,400	3,960
Indonesia	4,720	3,920	4,210	3,930
Japan	5,280	2,030	2,770	3,540
Ireland	2,360	2,370	3,290	3,500
India	2,690	3,050	4,140	3,320

2.10 Short-term visitor arrivals, Tas - top 10 source countries(a)
Country of Residence	Dec 2019	Dec 2023	Dec 2024	Dec 2025
New Zealand	1,560	950	2,130	1,740
UK	1,060	830	820	1,430
Singapore	2,510	1,250	1,340	1,290
USA	980	740	1,580	1,090
Hong Kong	1,770	840	680	820
China(b)	1,120	690	600	630
Japan	790	250	430	510
Canada	360	180	310	400
Germany	470	330	300	300
India	290	230	390	290

2.11 Short-term visitor arrivals, NT - top 10 source countries(a)
Country of Residence	Dec 2019	Dec 2023	Dec 2024	Dec 2025
New Zealand	220	290	290	340
USA	850	540	800	330
UK	270	190	360	280
Singapore	180	130	130	160
Nepal	80	120	110	140
Philippines	130	120	100	130
India	150	150	130	130
China(b)	130	100	160	130
Indonesia	130	180	200	130
Japan	220	150	100	80

2.12 Short-term visitor arrivals, ACT - top 10 source countries(a)
Country of Residence	Dec 2019	Dec 2023	Dec 2024	Dec 2025
USA	1,460	1,040	1,310	1,490
China(b)	2,190	1,540	900	1,100
UK	1,320	800	570	1,010
New Zealand	1,340	1,190	1,200	830
India	800	630	1,090	790
Canada	310	380	270	440
Nepal	90	330	270	410
Philippines	240	330	330	340
Malaysia	330	190	150	250
Korea, South	330	260	290	200

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 December 2025:

A total of 869,410 trips were recorded, an increase of 46,410 (5.6%) compared with the corresponding month of the previous year.
The number of trips was 16.0% higher than the pre-COVID level in December 2019.
New Zealand was the most popular destination country, accounting for 14.3% of all resident returns.

3.1 Short-term resident returns
	Short-term resident returns, Australia ('000)
Dec 2015	627.77
Jan 2016	1,209.17
Feb 2016	668.15
Mar 2016	664.19
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

3.1 Short-term resident returns

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Destination countries

The three leading destination countries residents returned from were:

New Zealand (123,990 trips)
Indonesia (114,460)
Japan (68,150).

3.2 Short-term resident returns, Australia - top 10 destination countries(a)
Country of Stay	Dec 2019	Dec 2023	Dec 2024	Dec 2025
New Zealand	123,540	110,000	118,130	123,990
Indonesia	99,680	103,570	117,160	114,460
Japan	35,410	48,310	62,570	68,150
India	34,630	44,520	48,870	50,770
USA	69,780	49,540	52,650	50,340
China(b)	34,960	32,050	37,510	45,530
Thailand	32,280	34,700	43,850	44,840
Vietnam	19,600	28,300	31,630	36,740
UK	33,950	32,090	34,630	36,100
Fiji	27,100	29,980	32,010	35,210

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

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Top 10 destination countries for December 2025.
Excludes SARs and Taiwan.

State or territory of residence

All travellers are asked their intended address in Australia upon arrival. For December 2025:

The highest number of resident returns from short-term trips was observed for New South Wales (274,230)
The Northern Territory recorded the fewest (5,340).

3.3 Short-term resident returns, state or territory of residence - December 2025

This map presents the number of short-term resident returns in Australia in December 2025, by their state of intended residence.

3.4 Short-term resident returns, state or territory of residence
State or territory of residence	Dec 2019 (no.)	Dec 2023 (no.)	Dec 2024 (no.)	Dec 2025 (no.)	Dec 2024 to Dec 2025 change (%)
NSW	244,330	243,140	267,100	274,230	2.7
Vic.	195,340	196,210	214,550	231,880	8.1
Qld	156,020	156,790	172,300	187,870	9.0
SA	32,460	29,800	36,920	36,850	-0.2
WA	93,770	88,240	103,410	109,910	6.3
Tas.	6,940	6,310	7,000	7,370	5.3
NT	6,650	4,570	5,220	5,340	2.3
ACT	14,020	14,350	16,350	15,770	-3.5
Australia(a)	749,660	739,600	823,000	869,410	5.6

Includes Other Territories.

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Notes

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.

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Table 1: Total movement, arrivals - 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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2.3 Short-term visitor arrivals, state or territory of stay - December 2025

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3.3 Short-term resident returns, state or territory of residence - December 2025

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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