3401.0 - Overseas Arrivals and Departures, Australia, Jun 2012 Quality Declaration
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 03/08/2012
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GLOSSARY
A significant number of travellers (i.e. overseas visitors to Australia on arrival and Australian residents going abroad) state exactly 12 months or one year as their intended period of stay. Many of them stay for less than that period and on their departure from, or return to, Australia are therefore classified as short-term. Accordingly, in an attempt to maintain consistency between arrivals and departures, movements of travellers who report their actual or intended period of stay as being one year exactly are randomly allocated to long-term or short-term in proportion to the number of movements of travellers who report their actual length of stay as up to one month more, or one month less, than one year. Country of residence Country of residence refers to the country in which travellers regard themselves as living or as last having lived. Intended length of stay On arrival in Australia, all overseas visitors are asked to state their ‘intended length of stay in Australia’. On departure from Australia, all Australian residents are asked to state their ‘intended length of stay abroad’. Long-term arrivals Long-term arrivals comprise of long-term visitor arrivals (LTVA) and long-term resident returns (LTRR). Long-term departures Long-term departures comprise of long-term resident departures (LTRD) and long-term visitor departures (LTVD). Long-term resident departures (LTRD) Australian residents who state that they intend to stay abroad for 12 months or more (but not permanently). Long-term resident returns (LTRR) Australian residents returning after an absence of 12 months or more overseas. Long-term visitor arrivals (LTVA) Overseas visitors who state that they intend to stay in Australia for 12 months or more (but not permanently). Long-term visitor departures (LTVD) Overseas visitors departing who stayed 12 months or more in Australia. Main destination Australian residents travelling overseas are asked on departure for the name of the country in which they intend to spend most time. Main reason for journey Overseas visitors/temporary entrants arriving in Australia and Australian residents departing temporarily from Australia are asked to state their main reason for journey. From September 1994, all statistics relating to main reason for journey have been published using the following categories:
In tabulations of data collected before September 1994, the 'other' category included 'in transit' and the 'holiday' category included both 'student vacation' and 'accompanying business visitor'. Overseas arrivals and departures Overseas arrivals and departures (OAD) refer to the recorded arrival or departure of persons through Australian air or sea ports (excluding operational air and ships' crew). Statistics on OAD relate to the number of movements of travellers rather than the number of travellers (i.e. the multiple movements of individual persons during a given reference period are all counted). Passenger Card Passenger cards are completed by nearly all passengers arriving in, or departing from, Australia. Information including occupation, nationality, intended length of stay, main reason for journey, and state or territory of intended stay/residence is collected. Permanent arrivals Permanent arrivals (settlers) comprise:
Permanent departures Permanent departures are:
Short-term arrivals Short-term arrivals comprise of short-term visitor arrivals (STVA) and short-term resident returns (STRR). Short-term departures Short-term departures comprise of short-term resident departures (STRD) and short-term visitor departures (STVD). Short-term resident departures (STRD) Australian residents who intend to stay abroad for less than 12 months. Short-term resident returns (STRR) Australian residents returning after a stay of less than 12 months overseas. Short-term visitor arrivals (STVA) Overseas visitors who intend to stay in Australia for less than 12 months. Short-term visitor departures (STVD) Overseas visitors departing after a stay of less than 12 months in Australia. State where spent most time Overseas visitors are asked on departure for the name of the state or territory in which they spent the most time. This differs from 'state or territory of clearance' which is available on request. Document Selection These documents will be presented in a new window.
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