Overseas Arrivals and Departures, Australia

Latest release

Statistics on international travel arriving in and departing from Australia

Reference period

February 2026

Released

15/04/2026

Release date and time

15/04/2026 11:30am AEST

Key statistics

In February 2026:

Short-term visitor arrivals: 943,220 – an increase of 19.7% on one year earlier.
Short-term resident returns: 891,460 – a decrease of 3.5% on one year earlier.
Total arrivals: 1,986,720 – an increase of 6.2% on one year earlier.
Total departures: 1,675,760 – an increase of 10.4% 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 - February 2016 to March 2026(a)
	Arrivals (M)	Departures (M)
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
Feb 2026	1.99	1.68
Mar 2026	1.83	1.89

1.1 Total overseas arrivals and departures - February 2016 to March 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	Feb 2019 (no.)	Feb 2024 (no.)	Feb 2025 (no.)	Feb 2026 (no.)	Feb 2025 to Feb 2026 change (%)
Permanent arrivals	8,600	16,400	14,750	14,100	-4.4
Long-term resident returns	11,420	13,490	11,820	13,730	16.2
Short-term resident returns	746,080	775,630	923,360	891,460	-3.5
Long-term visitor arrivals	95,080	123,190	133,040	124,210	-6.6
Short-term visitor arrivals	927,240	857,950	787,770	943,220	19.7
Total arrivals	1,788,430	1,786,650	1,870,730	1,986,720	6.2
Long-term resident departures	21,870	21,430	19,500	20,960	7.5
Short-term resident departures	667,370	708,590	764,120	798,770	4.5
Long-term visitor departures	18,870	26,190	28,370	34,970	23.2
Short-term visitor departures	813,630	735,520	705,920	821,070	16.3
Total departures	1,521,730	1,491,730	1,517,920	1,675,760	10.4

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 February 2026:

A total of 943,220 trips were recorded, an increase of 155,450 (19.7%) compared with the corresponding month of the previous year.
The number of trips was 1.7% higher than the pre-COVID level in February 2019.
China was the largest source country, accounting for 23.3% of all visitor arrivals.

2.1 Short-term visitor arrivals
	Short-term visitor arrivals, Australia ('000)
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
Jan 2026	716.68
Feb 2026	943.22

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:

China (220,170 trips)
New Zealand (85,190)
The UK (83,580).

2.2 Short-term visitor arrivals, Australia - top 10 source countries(a)
Country of Residence	Feb 2019	Feb 2024	Feb 2025	Feb 2026
China(b)	206,280	149,770	122,680	220,170
New Zealand	92,290	105,970	88,800	85,190
UK	85,330	77,140	77,620	83,580
USA	84,210	82,790	79,290	78,010
Korea, South	30,930	42,020	41,680	45,130
Japan	44,540	40,790	39,480	42,770
India	32,420	36,010	39,920	38,280
Singapore	32,180	26,690	21,840	29,510
Taiwan	21,570	19,820	15,370	28,420
Hong Kong	34,520	23,840	16,540	24,390

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

["Country of Residence","Feb 2019","Feb 2024","Feb 2025","Feb 2026"]

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Top 10 source countries for February 2026.
Excludes SARs and Taiwan.

State or territory of stay

All travellers are asked their intended address in Australia upon arrival. For February 2026:

The highest number of visitor arrivals for short-term trips was observed for New South Wales (367,220)
The Northern Territory recorded the fewest (4,450).

2.3 Short-term visitor arrivals, state or territory of stay - February 2026

This map presents the number of short-term visitor arrivals in Australia in February 2026, by their state of intended stay.

2.4 Short-term visitor arrivals, state or territory of stay
State or territory of stay	Feb 2019 (no.)	Feb 2024 (no.)	Feb 2025 (no.)	Feb 2026 (no.)	Feb 2025 to Feb 2026 change (%)
NSW	357,420	352,320	319,280	367,220	15.0
Vic.	259,060	238,270	209,460	263,660	25.9
Qld	165,280	139,620	134,150	156,600	16.7
SA	30,240	24,390	25,380	30,340	19.5
WA	82,460	78,250	74,760	95,790	28.1
Tas.	13,270	9,990	9,670	14,170	46.5
NT	5,110	3,380	2,910	4,450	53.1
ACT	14,420	11,620	12,090	10,900	-9.9
Australia(a)	927,240	857,950	787,770	943,220	19.7

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	Feb 2019	Feb 2024	Feb 2025	Feb 2026
China(b)	81,090	67,160	54,940	94,980
USA	44,910	46,700	44,960	39,890
UK	31,510	32,300	30,760	30,340
Korea, South	19,300	27,150	28,100	30,310
New Zealand	29,540	38,250	29,680	26,500
Japan	13,460	12,530	12,820	12,680
India	9,810	10,680	11,540	10,600
Taiwan	7,260	6,690	4,630	8,820
Germany	10,990	7,960	8,470	8,760
Canada	10,320	9,430	8,600	8,690

2.6 Short-term visitor arrivals, Vic - top 10 source countries(a)
Country of Residence	Feb 2019	Feb 2024	Feb 2025	Feb 2026
China(b)	67,900	50,240	38,570	76,160
New Zealand	27,220	32,610	24,600	22,980
UK	19,640	16,190	16,640	18,630
India	13,510	14,380	17,080	16,370
USA	19,130	17,150	14,460	15,680
Taiwan	5,060	5,850	4,190	8,600
Singapore	9,080	8,400	6,280	8,210
Hong Kong	9,300	7,480	4,910	7,790
Japan	7,690	6,530	7,020	7,760
Vietnam	5,240	9,370	7,460	7,580

2.7 Short-term visitor arrivals, Qld - top 10 source countries(a)
Country of Residence	Feb 2019	Feb 2024	Feb 2025	Feb 2026
New Zealand	25,800	25,180	24,490	25,380
China(b)	33,080	16,990	14,050	24,890
Japan	18,520	16,940	14,850	15,920
USA	10,860	10,250	11,590	12,370
UK	11,350	10,090	10,490	11,810
Taiwan	6,990	5,260	4,870	7,550
Korea, South	5,900	7,210	5,690	5,810
Canada	5,120	4,520	4,390	4,570
India	4,450	4,100	4,240	4,340
Singapore	4,130	2,410	2,560	3,230

2.8 Short-term visitor arrivals, SA - top 10 source countries(a)
Country of Residence	Feb 2019	Feb 2024	Feb 2025	Feb 2026
China(b)	7,430	3,600	3,970	5,790
UK	4,040	2,750	3,480	3,680
USA	1,790	2,180	1,700	2,440
India	1,100	2,010	2,110	2,380
New Zealand	2,760	2,160	2,290	2,300
Hong Kong	1,670	1,060	920	1,270
Japan	1,260	850	860	1,040
Singapore	1,040	910	690	960
Vietnam	460	1,040	900	850
Malaysia	1,060	700	700	830

2.9 Short-term visitor arrivals, WA - top 10 source countries(a)
Country of Residence	Feb 2019	Feb 2024	Feb 2025	Feb 2026
UK	16,660	14,130	14,400	16,930
China(b)	8,100	6,860	5,830	11,870
Singapore	7,630	6,750	5,040	8,000
New Zealand	4,550	5,400	4,900	5,070
Malaysia	7,610	5,180	3,960	4,530
Japan	2,380	3,010	3,250	4,430
USA	4,060	3,290	3,610	3,380
India	2,570	3,550	3,540	3,380
Indonesia	2,590	2,900	2,580	3,040
Germany	3,310	2,730	2,310	2,910

2.10 Short-term visitor arrivals, Tas - top 10 source countries(a)
Country of Residence	Feb 2019	Feb 2024	Feb 2025	Feb 2026
USA	1,530	1,260	1,610	2,290
New Zealand	1,560	1,630	1,810	2,260
China(b)	2,560	940	570	1,940
UK	1,000	930	1,030	1,140
Hong Kong	1,600	700	400	740
Germany	410	340	320	690
Canada	380	320	400	590
Singapore	540	500	270	480
India	190	280	430	450
Japan	530	440	250	420

2.11 Short-term visitor arrivals, NT - top 10 source countries(a)
Country of Residence	Feb 2019	Feb 2024	Feb 2025	Feb 2026
USA	510	760	310	910
China(b)	520	190	160	630
UK	320	140	250	420
Indonesia	130	200	240	230
New Zealand	220	200	250	220
Singapore	400	70	60	160
Canada	40	120	60	160
Philippines	170	140	110	150
Germany	810	60	30	140
India	220	220	200	130

2.12 Short-term visitor arrivals, ACT - top 10 source countries(a)
Country of Residence	Feb 2019	Feb 2024	Feb 2025	Feb 2026
China(b)	5,600	3,790	4,570	3,890
USA	1,430	1,200	1,050	1,060
UK	810	590	580	630
India	580	780	780	630
New Zealand	630	540	760	460
Japan	350	370	240	420
Indonesia	330	260	210	290
Nepal	70	250	170	240
Canada	370	320	250	220
Malaysia	390	130	240	210

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 February 2026:

A total of 891,460 trips were recorded, a decrease of 31,890 (3.5%) compared with the corresponding month of the previous year.
The number of trips was 19.5% higher than the pre-COVID level in February 2019.
New Zealand was the most popular destination country, accounting for 12.7% of all resident returns.

3.1 Short-term resident returns
	Short-term resident returns, Australia ('000)
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
Jan 2026	1,665.10
Feb 2026	891.46

3.1 Short-term resident returns

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Destination countries

The three leading destination countries residents returned from were:

New Zealand (113,460 trips)
Japan (103,360)
Indonesia (101,630).

3.2 Short-term resident returns, Australia - top 10 destination countries(a)
Country of Stay	Feb 2019	Feb 2024	Feb 2025	Feb 2026
New Zealand	115,610	105,970	111,310	113,460
Japan	50,120	72,210	97,290	103,360
Indonesia	78,890	95,610	106,880	101,630
India	57,030	71,520	83,860	88,680
China(b)	46,270	40,670	70,590	48,710
Thailand	35,870	36,220	46,110	43,770
Vietnam	26,670	31,740	45,640	40,100
USA	57,470	40,170	40,690	36,740
Philippines	22,340	24,270	30,580	30,710
Malaysia	25,250	21,690	34,540	26,600

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

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Top 10 destination countries for February 2026.
Excludes SARs and Taiwan.

State or territory of residence

All travellers are asked their intended address in Australia upon arrival. For February 2026:

The highest number of resident returns from short-term trips was observed for New South Wales (284,580)
The Northern Territory recorded the fewest (6,800).

3.3 Short-term resident returns, state or territory of residence - February 2026

This map presents the number of short-term resident returns in Australia in February 2026, by their state of intended residence.

3.4 Short-term resident returns, state or territory of residence
State or territory of residence	Feb 2019 (no.)	Feb 2024 (no.)	Feb 2025 (no.)	Feb 2026 (no.)	Feb 2025 to Feb 2026 change (%)
NSW	254,710	258,540	305,970	284,580	-7.0
Vic.	202,210	213,310	246,530	238,600	-3.2
Qld	132,950	144,380	167,320	168,000	0.4
SA	31,520	32,390	37,260	38,930	4.5
WA	95,750	102,930	134,110	130,980	-2.3
Tas.	5,840	5,720	9,030	8,560	-5.2
NT	7,620	5,260	6,430	6,800	5.7
ACT	15,280	12,940	16,540	14,980	-9.5
Australia(a)	746,080	775,630	923,360	891,460	-3.5

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 - February 2026

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Destination countries

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3.3 Short-term resident returns, state or territory of residence - February 2026

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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