Further steep declines in overseas travel in April

Released

13/05/2020

Source

Overseas Travel Statistics, Provisional, April 2020

COVID-19 travel restrictions saw a 99 per cent decrease in overseas arrivals to Australia in April 2020, compared with April 2019 according to provisional data released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).

ABS Director of Migration Statistics, Jenny Dobak, said of the nearly 22,000 arrivals to Australia in April, more than two thirds (15,000) were Australian citizens returning from overseas with just under 7,000 arrivals from non-Australian citizens.

All arrivals - Australian citizens - provisional estimates
	Australian citizen arrivals
Apr-17	773,900
May-17	676,120
Jun-17	676,380
Jul-17	966,250
Aug-17	769,970
Sep-17	844,820
Oct-17	954,220
Nov-17	680,850
Dec-17	660,800
Jan-18	1,106,970
Feb-18	606,790
Mar-18	649,940
Apr-18	798,650
May-18	715,890
Jun-18	713,730
Jul-18	1,017,380
Aug-18	811,120
Sep-18	859,310
Oct-18	1,013,830
Nov-18	711,460
Dec-18	691,500
Jan-19	1,151,960
Feb-19	629,280
Mar-19	654,110
Apr-19	809,630
May-19	750,600
Jun-19	739,530
Jul-19	1,009,170
Aug-19	823,500
Sep-19	873,520
Oct-19	1,013,740
Nov-19	746,080
Dec-19	709,350
Jan-20	1,160,610
Feb-20	664,990
Mar-20	476,430
Apr-20	15,060

All arrivals - Australian citizens - provisional estimates

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April's decreases in arrivals and departures were the continuation of a downward trend seen in recent months and comes on top of the record decrease reported for the month of March in Overseas Arrivals and Departures, Australia (cat. no. 3401.0) released yesterday. These large decreases reflect the travel restrictions progressively put in place by the Australian Government from the beginning of February due to the outbreak of COVID-19.

Ms Dobak, said large decreases in arrivals from non-Australian citizens was also seen from regions across the world.

"In April there were just under 7,000 arrivals from non-Australian citizens. This was a 99% decrease from the same time last year," she said

All arrivals - non-Australian citizens - provisional estimates
	Non-Australian citizen arrivals (trips)
Apr-17	876,670
May-17	727,340
Jun-17	748,250
Jul-17	946,030
Aug-17	854,780
Sep-17	825,570
Oct-17	926,910
Nov-17	921,610
Dec-17	1,129,820
Jan-18	1,022,980
Feb-18	1,123,980
Mar-18	1,034,680
Apr-18	871,270
May-18	765,510
Jun-18	800,940
Jul-18	992,640
Aug-18	909,240
Sep-18	864,730
Oct-18	954,240
Nov-18	958,360
Dec-18	1,163,780
Jan-19	1,065,870
Feb-19	1,164,110
Mar-19	1,009,880
Apr-19	904,920
May-19	839,360
Jun-19	823,560
Jul-19	1,004,010
Aug-19	961,590
Sep-19	875,750
Oct-19	969,180
Nov-19	978,440
Dec-19	1,183,090
Jan-20	1,098,340
Feb-20	906,500
Mar-20	447,550
Apr-20	6,560

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More about the release

Further details can be found in Overseas Travel Statistics - Provisional (cat. no. 3401.0.55.004) available for free download on the ABS website https://www.abs.gov.au
This is a new publication in response to COVID-19 and the heightened interest in traveller data. It provides information 4 weeks earlier than the regular monthly Overseas Arrivals and Departures (OAD) publication (cat. no. 3401.0)

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