Overseas Arrivals and Departures, Australia

Latest release

Statistics on international travel arriving in and departing from Australia

Reference period

August 2025

Released

14/10/2025

Release date and time

14/10/2025 11:30am AEDT

Key statistics

In August 2025:

Short-term visitor arrivals: 753,320 – an increase of 14.3% on one year earlier.
Short-term resident returns: 972,070 – an increase of 6.0% on one year earlier.
Total arrivals: 1,809,810 – an increase of 9.3% on one year earlier.
Total departures: 1,834,620 – an increase of 8.3% 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 - August 2015 to September 2025 (a)
	Arrivals (M)	Departures (M)
Aug 2015	1.42	1.45
Sep 2015	1.46	1.48
Oct 2015	1.65	1.40
Nov 2015	1.42	1.44
Dec 2015	1.58	1.85
Jan 2016	1.91	1.64
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

1.1 Total overseas arrivals and departures - August 2015 to September 2025 (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	Aug 2019 (no.)	Aug 2023 (no.)	Aug 2024 (no.)	Aug 2025 (no.)	Aug 2024 to Aug 2025 change (%)
Permanent arrivals	9,660	13,230	12,490	11,770	-5.7
Long-term resident returns	11,880	12,080	11,350	11,280	-0.6
Short-term resident returns	930,970	858,540	916,890	972,070	6.0
Long-term visitor arrivals	40,960	57,490	56,940	61,360	7.8
Short-term visitor arrivals	789,200	603,360	658,810	753,320	14.3
Total arrivals	1,782,670	1,544,700	1,656,470	1,809,810	9.3
Long-term resident departures	26,460	27,040	31,620	26,170	-17.3
Short-term resident departures	958,520	866,380	948,500	998,180	5.2
Long-term visitor departures	17,620	21,500	25,370	26,800	5.6
Short-term visitor departures	807,070	601,580	688,950	783,480	13.7
Total departures	1,809,670	1,516,500	1,694,440	1,834,620	8.3

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 August 2025:

A total of 753,320 trips were recorded, an increase of 94,510 (14.3%) compared with the corresponding month of the previous year.
The number of trips was 4.5% lower than the pre-COVID level in August 2019.
New Zealand was the largest source country, accounting for 15.0% of all visitor arrivals.

2.1 Short-term visitor arrivals
	Short-term visitor arrivals, Australia ('000)
Aug 2015	574.14
Sep 2015	571.99
Oct 2015	625.80
Nov 2015	671.54
Dec 2015	901.32
Jan 2016	617.67
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

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:

New Zealand (114,660 trips)
China (98,720)
Japan (60,610).

2.2 Short-term visitor arrivals, Australia - top 10 source countries(a)
Country of Residence	Aug 2019	Aug 2023	Aug 2024	Aug 2025
New Zealand	124,710	105,050	112,780	114,660
China(b)	128,280	58,790	78,550	98,720
Japan	63,070	43,550	54,420	60,610
USA	51,980	48,240	41,070	48,120
Singapore	44,210	31,330	41,280	41,690
UK	36,130	31,400	34,770	38,600
Korea, South	20,960	30,000	36,140	37,000
India	33,310	30,250	34,460	35,500
Hong Kong	33,800	19,580	20,150	30,950
Taiwan	20,850	14,000	18,240	24,820

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

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Top 10 source countries for August 2025.
Excludes SARs and Taiwan.

State or territory of stay

All travellers are asked their intended address in Australia upon arrival. For August 2025:

The highest number of visitor arrivals for short-term trips was observed for New South Wales (293,030)
Tasmania recorded the fewest (5,690).

2.3 Short-term visitor arrivals, state or territory of stay - August 2025

This map presents the number of short-term visitor arrivals in Australia in August 2025, by their state of intended stay.

2.4 Short-term visitor arrivals, state or territory of stay
State or territory of stay	Aug 2019 (no.)	Aug 2023 (no.)	Aug 2024 (no.)	Aug 2025 (no.)	Aug 2024 to Aug 2025 change (%)
NSW	282,800	230,460	240,840	293,030	21.7
Vic.	196,970	146,660	153,480	173,380	13.0
Qld	194,200	141,410	164,980	173,650	5.3
SA	19,450	14,860	17,490	17,960	2.7
WA	72,990	54,240	63,790	76,150	19.4
Tas.	5,950	4,140	4,550	5,690	25.1
NT	8,820	4,960	5,050	6,520	29.1
ACT	8,000	6,640	8,610	6,780	-21.2
Australia(a)	789,200	603,360	658,810	753,320	14.3

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	Aug 2019	Aug 2023	Aug 2024	Aug 2025
China(b)	55,040	27,370	37,380	47,220
New Zealand	32,570	29,490	31,450	31,760
USA	25,660	26,180	20,050	27,170
Korea, South	12,430	22,250	23,870	26,270
Japan	19,290	13,540	17,040	19,950
UK	13,070	12,200	12,560	14,240
Hong Kong	13,180	6,850	8,110	13,570
India	11,660	8,760	10,580	10,540
Singapore	10,400	7,740	8,890	10,010
Taiwan	7,260	4,660	5,690	8,300

2.6 Short-term visitor arrivals, Vic - top 10 source countries(a)
Country of Residence	Aug 2019	Aug 2023	Aug 2024	Aug 2025
China(b)	39,840	19,850	24,970	31,460
New Zealand	25,820	21,360	21,200	21,730
India	13,260	12,560	13,390	14,120
Singapore	12,360	9,350	11,140	10,660
Hong Kong	9,160	6,390	6,260	8,690
Malaysia	16,220	7,940	6,670	8,590
Japan	9,480	5,090	6,700	8,290
USA	10,040	8,610	6,600	7,410
UK	7,220	5,780	5,860	7,270
Indonesia	5,120	5,050	5,160	6,160

2.7 Short-term visitor arrivals, Qld - top 10 source countries(a)
Country of Residence	Aug 2019	Aug 2023	Aug 2024	Aug 2025
New Zealand	53,750	44,920	49,070	50,970
Japan	28,770	21,500	25,260	25,960
China(b)	21,680	5,800	9,610	12,030
UK	8,630	7,650	9,030	9,410
Taiwan	7,830	4,640	6,190	8,350
USA	10,480	8,620	9,140	8,040
Korea, South	4,200	3,390	5,590	5,710
India	3,400	3,640	4,930	4,660
Hong Kong	6,670	3,590	3,030	4,370
Singapore	6,700	3,390	5,330	4,320

2.8 Short-term visitor arrivals, SA - top 10 source countries(a)
Country of Residence	Aug 2019	Aug 2023	Aug 2024	Aug 2025
New Zealand	2,180	2,020	2,480	2,240
China(b)	3,870	1,610	1,920	1,980
India	1,420	1,500	1,820	1,890
Japan	980	970	1,300	1,090
UK	1,270	900	1,020	1,050
Singapore	860	610	1,040	1,040
USA	1,560	900	850	950
Hong Kong	1,130	440	450	690
Malaysia	890	690	570	600
Indonesia	200	380	400	540

2.9 Short-term visitor arrivals, WA - top 10 source countries(a)
Country of Residence	Aug 2019	Aug 2023	Aug 2024	Aug 2025
Singapore	12,040	9,570	13,460	14,470
Malaysia	14,100	6,200	5,330	7,490
New Zealand	7,790	4,870	6,100	5,840
UK	4,780	3,910	5,360	5,590
China(b)	5,490	2,730	3,090	4,450
Japan	2,890	1,890	3,160	4,390
India	2,630	2,620	2,750	3,180
Indonesia	2,940	2,520	3,000	3,020
USA	2,450	1,970	2,190	2,660
Hong Kong	2,360	1,770	1,710	2,640

2.10 Short-term visitor arrivals, Tas - top 10 source countries(a)
Country of Residence	Aug 2019	Aug 2023	Aug 2024	Aug 2025
Singapore	780	330	700	790
Hong Kong	860	270	400	760
New Zealand	790	700	570	670
China(b)	900	430	490	520
Malaysia	440	120	190	270
India	180	360	230	270
UK	140	110	200	240
USA	280	330	300	210
Taiwan	90	80	110	200
Nepal	60	130	100	200

2.11 Short-term visitor arrivals, NT - top 10 source countries(a)
Country of Residence	Aug 2019	Aug 2023	Aug 2024	Aug 2025
USA	630	890	860	940
New Zealand	850	930	890	670
UK	710	380	350	630
Japan	1,260	160	280	420
Germany	610	330	240	410
France	490	180	120	320
Singapore	690	160	270	260
China(b)	290	100	130	250
India	220	210	190	220
Indonesia	330	160	140	220

2.12 Short-term visitor arrivals, ACT - top 10 source countries(a)
Country of Residence	Aug 2019	Aug 2023	Aug 2024	Aug 2025
China(b)	1,160	910	960	780
New Zealand	970	760	1,020	740
USA	890	740	1,070	710
India	520	610	580	620
Nepal	70	160	230	320
Philippines	200	240	270	290
Vietnam	160	170	210	290
Japan	240	140	530	260
Indonesia	180	210	300	260
Korea, South	150	130	400	230

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 August 2025:

A total of 972,070 trips were recorded, an increase of 55,190 (6.0%) compared with the corresponding month of the previous year.
The number of trips was 4.4% higher than the pre-COVID level in August 2019.
Indonesia was the most popular destination country, accounting for 17.0% of all resident returns.

3.1 Short-term resident returns
	Short-term resident returns, Australia ('000)
Aug 2015	790.40
Sep 2015	834.87
Oct 2015	971.25
Nov 2015	705.37
Dec 2015	627.77
Jan 2016	1,209.17
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

3.1 Short-term resident returns

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Destination countries

The three leading destination countries residents returned from were:

Indonesia (161,660 trips)
New Zealand (113,390)
The UK (67,640).

3.2 Short-term resident returns, Australia - top 10 destination countries(a)
Country of Stay	Aug 2019	Aug 2023	Aug 2024	Aug 2025
Indonesia	132,910	129,690	158,730	161,660
New Zealand	112,640	96,980	106,450	113,390
UK	72,550	71,030	62,930	67,640
USA	84,600	52,790	56,330	50,700
Thailand	45,930	43,210	47,060	49,120
Fiji	32,370	32,310	35,930	36,890
Vietnam	22,180	25,130	32,400	35,020
Italy	27,640	38,610	31,450	32,940
China(b)	35,590	23,350	29,390	32,900
India	18,750	19,180	26,570	28,690

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

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Top 10 destination countries for August 2025.
Excludes SARs and Taiwan.

State or territory of residence

All travellers are asked their intended address in Australia upon arrival. For August 2025:

The highest number of resident returns from short-term trips was observed for New South Wales (308,300)
The Northern Territory recorded the fewest (5,280).

3.3 Short-term resident returns, state or territory of residence - August 2025

This map presents the number of short-term resident returns in Australia in August 2025, by their state of intended residence.

3.4 Short-term resident returns, state or territory of residence
State or territory of residence	Aug 2019 (no.)	Aug 2023 (no.)	Aug 2024 (no.)	Aug 2025 (no.)	Aug 2024 to Aug 2025 change (%)
NSW	310,460	278,730	293,960	308,300	4.9
Vic.	260,990	249,090	259,620	272,670	5.0
Qld	154,380	145,260	164,100	176,440	7.5
SA	49,130	43,750	44,830	48,950	9.2
WA	119,110	111,310	119,500	133,130	11.4
Tas.	11,570	10,760	10,560	10,840	2.6
NT	7,890	5,090	5,840	5,280	-9.5
ACT	17,320	14,510	18,270	16,420	-10.1
Australia(a)	930,970	858,540	916,890	972,070	6.0

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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Annual analysis articles

Compares annual international travel arrivals over time by source/destination country, state and territory, age and sex, main reason for journey and median duration of trip. All analysis in these articles is done on short-term trips (less than 1 year).

Overseas arrivals and departures, Australia - 2023-24 financial year

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2.3 Short-term visitor arrivals, state or territory of stay - August 2025

Countries where visitors came from - state and territory

State and territory graphs - top 10 source countries

Resident returns - short-term

Destination countries

State or territory of residence

3.3 Short-term resident returns, state or territory of residence - August 2025

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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