Key statistics
Overseas arrivals and departures statistics are international travel movements of persons arriving in, and departing from Australia with a focus on short term trips (less than 1 year). It is the number of international border crossings rather than the number of people.
August 2019 trend estimates for short-term trips:
- Overseas visitor arrivals to Australia increased 0.9% since the previous month to 812,600 trips
- Australian resident returns from overseas increased 0.7% since the previous month to 955,800 trips.
1.1 Visitor arrivals - short-term trips

1.2 Resident returns - short-term trips

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1.3 Monthly and annual change
 |  | Aug '19 | Jul '19 to Aug '19 | Aug '18 to Aug '19 |
 |  | '000 | % change | % change |
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Visitor arrivals — short-term trips |  |  |  |
 | Trend | 812.6 | 0.9 | 5.2 |
 | Seasonally adjusted | 820.0 | 2.7 | .. |
 | Original | 789.2 | .. | .. |
Resident returns — short-term trips |  |  |  |
 | Trend | 955.8 | 0.7 | 3.2 |
 | Seasonally adjusted | 947.6 | 1.5 | .. |
 | Original | 931.0 | .. | .. |
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.. not applicable |