Tourism and transport

Provisional estimates of overseas trips in April 2021 show:

• 54,800 arrivals, a 66.6% increase compared to the previous month
• 19,600 Australian citizens arrivals (36%), 7,100 permanent visa holders (13%), 20,300 New Zealand citizens (37%) and 8,100 temporary visa holders (15%)
• 65,100 departures, a 100.9% increase compared to the previous month

March 2021 original estimates for short-term trips (less than 1 year):

• Overseas visitor arrivals to Australia increased 32.9% since the previous month to 8,320 trips

• Australian resident returns from overseas increased 10.3% since the previous month to 9,250 trips.

• 19,768,518 estimated number of vehicles
• 238,499 million kilometres travelled, an average of 12.1 thousand kilometres per vehicle
• 33,019 megalitres of fuel consumed
• 223,949 million tonne-kilometres of freight moved

Statistics relating to vehicles which were registered on 31st January 2020 with a motor vehicle registration authority

Contains monthly information on sales of new motor vehicles in each state/territory sourced from the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries

This release contains information on the supply of, and demand for, tourist accommodation facilities

Information on the supply and demand for tourist accommodation facilities including number of establishments and occupancy by type and star rating