1367.5 - Western Australian Statistical Indicators, 2010  
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SHORT-TERM VISITOR ARRIVALS ON HOLIDAY

OVERSEAS VISITOR ARRIVALS ON HOLIDAY, Western Australia - Top 20 Places of Origin

2009-2010
Sep qtr 2010
Jun qtr 2010
Mar qtr 2010
Dec qtr 2009
Sep qtr 2009
Place of origin
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VISITOR ARRIVALS(a)

     United Kingdom(b)
45 055
6004
5 676
16 517
18 674
7 188
     Singapore
42 626
8909
12 444
8 046
13 925
8 211
     Malaysia
30 247
9323
8 440
5 749
8 699
7 359
     Japan
13 670
4742
1 713
4 035
3 779
4 143
     New Zealand
11 770
3556
2 938
1 943
3 126
3 763
     Germany
10 097
2202
1 546
2 826
3 735
1 990
     Indonesia
9 627
3327
2 318
1 709
2 762
2 838
     United States of America
5 962
1227
1 245
1 347
1 990
1 380
     Hong Kong(c)
5 320
1488
1 110
1 486
1 404
1 320
     Thailand
5 257
693
1 107
1 953
1 397
800
     South Africa
5 181
788
1 192
1 039
1 801
1 149
     Switzerland
5 094
902
543
1 463
2 161
927
     France
4 456
1251
651
1 363
1 343
1 099
     Ireland
4 221
760
769
1 263
1 291
898
     Italy
3 869
1086
433
790
1 345
1 301
     China(d)
3 187
1062
566
1 042
752
827
     South Korea
3 087
805
497
973
881
736
     Netherlands
2 855
645
485
715
924
731
     Taiwan
2 676
796
626
793
543
714
     Canada
2 519
425
432
745
929
413
   Total(e)
238 768
54 008
48 095
61 085
77 912
51 676

(a) Overseas visitors arriving by air on holiday, whose intended stay in Australia is less than 12 months (Original data).
(b) Includes Channel Islands and Isle of Man.
(c) Special Administrative Region of China.
(d) Excludes Special Administrative Regions and Taiwan Province.
(e) Total includes countries not listed.
Source: Overseas Arrivals and Departures, Australia (cat. no. 3401.0).
  • Almost 238,800 overseas visitors arrived on holiday in WA in the year ending June 2010. The top five countries of origin were the United Kingdom (19%), Singapore (18%), Malaysia (13%), Japan (6%) and New Zealand (5%). A further 4% of overseas visitors were from Germany and Indonesia.
  • Just over 54,000 tourists arrived in the September quarter 2010, an increase of 4.5% from the same quarter of the previous year. The rise was driven mainly by increasing numbers of visitors from North East and South East Asia. Malaysian tourists showed the largest increase, with 27% more tourists from that country than in the same quarter of the previous year.
  • In the September quarter 2010, South East Asian countries, most notably Malaysia (17%) and Singapore (16%), accounted for 42% of all visitors.
  • The September quarter saw a decline in the numbers visiting from Europe, Africa and the Americas. Visitors from the United Kingdom accounted for most of this decline, down 16% compared with the September quarter 2009.

This link will take you to the Summary of Statistical Indicators (Economic) data cube, which includes a broader range of overseas arrivals and departures data.



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