Overseas Arrivals and Departures, Australia

Latest release

Statistics on international travel arriving in and departing from Australia

Reference period

August 2026

Released

13/10/2026

Release date and time

13/10/2026 11:30am AEDT

Key statistics

In August 2026:

Short-term visitor arrivals: 755,530 – an increase of 0.3% on one year earlier.
Short-term resident returns: 986,250 – an increase of 1.5% on one year earlier.
Total arrivals: 1,816,560 – an increase of 0.4% on one year earlier.
Total departures: 1,833,860 – a decrease of 760 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:

For more information, see Use Net Overseas Migration statistics to understand overseas migration, not Overseas Arrivals and Departures.

Arrivals and departures

1.1 Total overseas arrivals and departures - August 2016 to September 2026
	Arrivals (M)	Departures (M)
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	1.88
Apr 2026	1.82	1.82
May 2026	1.60	1.69
Jun 2026	1.56	1.83
Jul 2026	2.06	1.79
Aug 2026	1.82	1.83
Sep 2026	1.85	1.94

1.1 Total overseas arrivals and departures - August 2016 to September 2026

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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 2024 (no.)	Aug 2025 (no.)	Aug 2026 (no.)	Aug 2025 to Aug 2026 change (%)
Permanent arrivals	9,660	12,490	11,770	10,550	-10.4
Long-term resident returns	11,880	11,350	11,280	10,990	-2.6
Short-term resident returns	930,970	916,890	972,070	986,250	1.5
Long-term visitor arrivals	40,960	56,940	61,360	53,250	-13.2
Short-term visitor arrivals	789,200	658,810	753,320	755,530	0.3
Total arrivals	1,782,670	1,656,470	1,809,810	1,816,560	0.4
Long-term resident departures	26,460	31,620	26,170	25,740	-1.6
Short-term resident departures	958,520	948,500	998,180	1,018,250	2.0
Long-term visitor departures	17,620	25,370	26,800	27,650	3.2
Short-term visitor departures	807,070	688,950	783,480	762,230	-2.7
Total departures	1,809,670	1,694,440	1,834,620	1,833,860	0.0

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

Statistics on international visitor arrivals by source country and state and territory of stay. Analysis in this section is on short-term trips (less than 1 year).

For short-term visitor arrivals to Australia in August 2026:

A total of 755,530 trips were recorded, an increase of 2,210 (0.3%) compared with the corresponding month of the previous year.
The number of trips was 4.3% lower than the pre-COVID level in August 2019.
New Zealand was the largest source country, accounting for 14.6% of all visitor arrivals.

2.1 Short-term visitor arrivals
	Short-term visitor arrivals, Australia ('000)
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
Mar 2026	818.99
Apr 2026	644.77
May 2026	609.04
Jun 2026	566.91
Jul 2026	710.98
Aug 2026	755.53

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 (110,210 trips)
China (106,990)
Japan (62,600).

2.2 Short-term visitor arrivals, Australia - top 10 source countries(a)
Country of Residence	Aug 2019	Aug 2024	Aug 2025	Aug 2026
New Zealand	124,710	112,780	114,660	110,210
China(b)	128,280	78,550	98,720	106,990
Japan	63,070	54,420	60,610	62,600
USA	51,980	41,070	48,120	50,650
Singapore	44,210	41,280	41,690	42,910
UK	36,130	34,770	38,600	38,280
India	33,310	34,460	35,500	33,650
Korea, South	20,960	36,140	37,000	30,990
Malaysia	46,630	18,490	23,490	26,470
Hong Kong	33,800	20,150	30,950	26,430

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

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

State or territory of stay

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

The highest number of visitor arrivals for short-term trips was observed for New South Wales (289,970)
Tasmania recorded the fewest (5,240).

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

This map presents the number of short-term visitor arrivals in Australia in August 2026, 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 2024 (no.)	Aug 2025 (no.)	Aug 2026 (no.)	Aug 2025 to Aug 2026 change (%)
NSW	282,800	240,840	293,030	289,970	-1.0
Vic.	196,970	153,480	173,380	177,380	2.3
Qld	194,200	164,980	173,650	174,860	0.7
SA	19,450	17,490	17,960	18,660	3.9
WA	72,990	63,790	76,150	75,620	-0.7
Tas.	5,950	4,550	5,690	5,240	-8.0
NT	8,820	5,050	6,520	6,940	6.5
ACT	8,000	8,610	6,780	6,800	0.3
Australia(a)	789,200	658,810	753,320	755,530	0.3

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 2024	Aug 2025	Aug 2026
China(b)	55,040	37,380	47,220	48,470
New Zealand	32,570	31,450	31,760	30,400
USA	25,660	20,050	27,170	27,630
Korea, South	12,430	23,870	26,270	21,060
Japan	19,290	17,040	19,950	21,060
UK	13,070	12,560	14,240	13,370
Singapore	10,400	8,890	10,010	11,470
Hong Kong	13,180	8,110	13,570	11,060
India	11,660	10,580	10,540	10,760
Taiwan	7,260	5,690	8,300	8,860

2.6 Short-term visitor arrivals, Vic - top 10 source countries(a)
Country of Residence	Aug 2019	Aug 2024	Aug 2025	Aug 2026
China(b)	39,840	24,970	31,460	35,480
New Zealand	25,820	21,200	21,730	21,830
India	13,260	13,390	14,120	12,560
Singapore	12,360	11,140	10,660	10,750
USA	10,040	6,600	7,410	8,020
Hong Kong	9,160	6,260	8,690	7,950
Japan	9,480	6,700	8,290	7,810
UK	7,220	5,860	7,270	7,270
Malaysia	16,220	6,670	8,590	7,230
Indonesia	5,120	5,160	6,160	7,220

2.7 Short-term visitor arrivals, Qld - top 10 source countries(a)
Country of Residence	Aug 2019	Aug 2024	Aug 2025	Aug 2026
New Zealand	53,750	49,070	50,970	47,720
Japan	28,770	25,260	25,960	27,880
China(b)	21,680	9,610	12,030	12,960
UK	8,630	9,030	9,410	9,420
USA	10,480	9,140	8,040	9,130
Taiwan	7,830	6,190	8,350	8,110
Korea, South	4,200	5,590	5,710	5,550
Singapore	6,700	5,330	4,320	5,240
India	3,400	4,930	4,660	4,400
Hong Kong	6,670	3,030	4,370	3,760

2.8 Short-term visitor arrivals, SA - top 10 source countries(a)
Country of Residence	Aug 2019	Aug 2024	Aug 2025	Aug 2026
China(b)	3,870	1,920	1,980	2,760
New Zealand	2,180	2,480	2,240	2,170
India	1,420	1,820	1,890	2,020
USA	1,560	850	950	1,420
UK	1,270	1,020	1,050	1,390
Japan	980	1,300	1,090	1,030
Singapore	860	1,040	1,040	760
Malaysia	890	570	600	700
Philippines	410	550	440	630
Hong Kong	1,130	450	690	520

2.9 Short-term visitor arrivals, WA - top 10 source countries(a)
Country of Residence	Aug 2019	Aug 2024	Aug 2025	Aug 2026
Singapore	12,040	13,460	14,470	12,990
Malaysia	14,100	5,330	7,490	9,440
New Zealand	7,790	6,100	5,840	6,030
UK	4,780	5,360	5,590	5,830
China(b)	5,490	3,090	4,450	5,360
Japan	2,890	3,160	4,390	4,030
India	2,630	2,750	3,180	2,850
Indonesia	2,940	3,000	3,020	2,540
USA	2,450	2,190	2,660	2,340
Hong Kong	2,360	1,710	2,640	2,260

2.10 Short-term visitor arrivals, Tas - top 10 source countries(a)
Country of Residence	Aug 2019	Aug 2024	Aug 2025	Aug 2026
Singapore	780	700	790	760
Hong Kong	860	400	760	650
China(b)	900	490	520	560
New Zealand	790	570	670	460
Taiwan	90	110	200	310
Malaysia	440	190	270	270
India	180	230	270	250
Japan	150	140	180	220
UK	140	200	240	170
USA	280	300	210	160

2.11 Short-term visitor arrivals, NT - top 10 source countries(a)
Country of Residence	Aug 2019	Aug 2024	Aug 2025	Aug 2026
USA	630	860	940	1,310
New Zealand	850	890	670	840
Singapore	690	270	260	640
UK	710	350	630	580
Germany	610	240	410	340
Japan	1,260	280	420	310
China(b)	290	130	250	270
France	490	120	320	250
Timor-Leste	140	190	120	210
India	220	190	220	150

2.12 Short-term visitor arrivals, ACT - top 10 source countries(a)
Country of Residence	Aug 2019	Aug 2024	Aug 2025	Aug 2026
China(b)	1,160	960	780	1,130
New Zealand	970	1,020	740	730
India	520	580	620	640
USA	890	1,070	710	620
Singapore	380	470	150	280
Japan	240	530	260	260
UK	320	390	190	260
Nepal	70	230	320	220
Malaysia	270	90	100	210
Hong Kong	320	170	190	190

Resident returns - short-term

Statistics on international resident returns by destination country and state and territory of residence. Analysis in this section is on short-term trips (less than 1 year).

For residents returning from short-term overseas trips in August 2026:

A total of 986,250 trips were recorded, an increase of 14,180 (1.5%) compared with the corresponding month of the previous year.
The number of trips was 5.9% higher than the pre-COVID level in August 2019.
Indonesia was the most popular destination country, accounting for 18.1% of all resident returns.

3.1 Short-term resident returns
	Short-term resident returns, Australia ('000)
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
Mar 2026	910.45
Apr 2026	1,092.38
May 2026	922.46
Jun 2026	917.50
Jul 2026	1,250.58
Aug 2026	986.25

3.1 Short-term resident returns

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Destination countries

The three leading destination countries residents returned from were:

Indonesia (178,830 trips)
New Zealand (120,830)
The UK (57,950).

3.2 Short-term resident returns, Australia - top 10 destination countries(a)
Country of Stay	Aug 2019	Aug 2024	Aug 2025	Aug 2026
Indonesia	132,910	158,730	161,660	178,830
New Zealand	112,640	106,450	113,390	120,830
UK	72,550	62,930	67,640	57,950
USA	84,600	56,330	50,700	49,600
Thailand	45,930	47,060	49,120	47,060
Vietnam	22,180	32,400	35,020	45,630
Fiji	32,370	35,930	36,890	41,950
China(b)	35,590	29,390	32,900	34,640
Italy	27,640	31,450	32,940	31,410
India	18,750	26,570	28,690	29,730

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

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

State or territory of residence

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

The highest number of resident returns from short-term trips was observed for New South Wales (307,410)
The Northern Territory recorded the fewest (6,150).

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

This map presents the number of short-term resident returns in Australia in August 2026, 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 2024 (no.)	Aug 2025 (no.)	Aug 2026 (no.)	Aug 2025 to Aug 2026 change (%)
NSW	310,460	293,960	308,300	307,410	-0.3
Vic.	260,990	259,620	272,670	271,830	-0.3
Qld	154,380	164,100	176,440	183,710	4.1
SA	49,130	44,830	48,950	50,630	3.4
WA	119,110	119,500	133,130	139,420	4.7
Tas.	11,570	10,560	10,840	11,760	8.6
NT	7,890	5,840	5,280	6,150	16.4
ACT	17,320	18,270	16,420	15,080	-8.2
Australia(a)	930,970	916,890	972,070	986,250	1.5

Includes Other Territories.

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Notes

The ABS encountered a technical issue that delayed the supply of linked Medicare data for March 2026, which is a secondary source for the state and territory of residence/stay variable. As a result, Overseas Arrivals and Departures data for March 2026 was revised and released in the April 2026 publication. For further information see Methodology page, in the History of changes section for the year 2026.
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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Table 7: Short-term movement, residents returning - selected destinations: 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).

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

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 2026

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Time series spreadsheets

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