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Overseas Arrivals and Departures, Australia

Statistics on international travel arriving in and departing from Australia.

Reference period

September 2021

Released

12/11/2021

Key statistics

In September 2021:

Total arrivals: 18,840 – a monthly decrease of 8,140 trips
Total departures: 30,330 – a monthly decrease of 6,860 trips. The lowest on record.

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.

Migration Statistics

This release presents statistics on overseas arrivals and departures, which is not the same as migration statistics.

If you are looking for migration statistics, please refer to:

Arrivals and departures

1.1 Total overseas arrivals - recent months
	Arrivals ('000)	Arrivals - provisional(a) ('000)
Sep-20	16.2	-
Oct-20	23.71	-
Nov-20	29.33	-
Dec-20	34.67	-
Jan-21	31.16	-
Feb-21	25.21	-
Mar-21	31.99	-
Apr-21	53.91	-
May-21	114.52	-
Jun-21	102.48	-
Jul-21	74.86	-
Aug-21	26.98	-
Sep-21	18.84	-
Oct-21	-	17.60

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(a) Provisional data for the most recent month has not had the full quality assurance methods applied as is done for the earlier months. Provisional data will be revised in the next issue of this publication.

1.2 Total overseas departures - recent months
	Departures ('000)	Departures - provisional(a) ('000)
Sep-20	48.49	-
Oct-20	45.81	-
Nov-20	44.24	-
Dec-20	49.1	-
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Aug-21	37.18	-
Sep-21	30.33	-
Oct-21	-	38.16

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Provisional Estimates

To provide more timely travel data in response to COVID-19, provisional estimates for total overseas arrivals and total overseas departures are now included in Graphs 1.1, 1.2 and 1.3. Additional provisional data are available under the Data downloads for State of clearance (Table 13), Country of citizenship (Table 14), and Visa group (Table 15). No further breakdowns of provisional data are available, other than those which appear in this release.

1.3 Total overseas arrivals and departures - September 2011 to October 2021(a)
	Arrivals (M)	Departures (M)
Sep-11	1.18	1.25
Oct-11	1.39	1.14
Nov-11	1.16	1.17
Dec-11	1.23	1.47
Jan-12	1.54	1.29
Feb-12	1.23	1.04
Mar-12	1.16	1.21
Apr-12	1.19	1.22
May-12	1.01	1.11
Jun-12	1.10	1.27
Jul-12	1.43	1.19
Aug-12	1.20	1.24
Sep-12	1.25	1.30
Oct-12	1.45	1.18
Nov-12	1.22	1.25
Dec-12	1.32	1.54
Jan-13	1.58	1.32
Feb-13	1.26	1.09
Mar-13	1.24	1.29
Apr-13	1.23	1.26
May-13	1.10	1.20
Jun-13	1.16	1.34
Jul-13	1.51	1.30
Aug-13	1.30	1.34
Sep-13	1.33	1.38
Oct-13	1.53	1.23
Nov-13	1.28	1.30
Dec-13	1.42	1.68
Jan-14	1.74	1.47
Feb-14	1.34	1.18
Mar-14	1.28	1.30
Apr-14	1.33	1.41
May-14	1.19	1.27
Jun-14	1.18	1.42
Jul-14	1.59	1.34
Aug-14	1.36	1.43
Sep-14	1.38	1.41
Oct-14	1.57	1.30
Nov-14	1.34	1.36
Dec-14	1.46	1.71
Jan-15	1.78	1.49
Feb-15	1.42	1.24
Mar-15	1.39	1.45
Apr-15	1.37	1.41
May-15	1.22	1.31
Jun-15	1.23	1.46
Jul-15	1.65	1.43
Aug-15	1.42	1.45
Sep-15	1.46	1.48
Oct-15	1.65	1.40
Nov-15	1.42	1.44
Dec-15	1.58	1.85
Jan-16	1.91	1.64
Feb-16	1.56	1.37
Mar-16	1.48	1.54
Apr-16	1.47	1.49
May-16	1.30	1.39
Jun-16	1.33	1.58
Jul-16	1.83	1.57
Aug-16	1.51	1.55
Sep-16	1.59	1.60
Oct-16	1.78	1.50
Nov-16	1.51	1.54
Dec-16	1.72	1.99
Jan-17	2.07	1.78
Feb-17	1.63	1.39
Mar-17	1.52	1.58
Apr-17	1.65	1.71
May-17	1.40	1.49
Jun-17	1.42	1.67
Jul-17	1.91	1.65
Aug-17	1.62	1.66
Sep-17	1.67	1.70
Oct-17	1.88	1.57
Nov-17	1.60	1.64
Dec-17	1.76	2.08
Jan-18	2.13	1.81
Feb-18	1.73	1.52
Mar-18	1.68	1.74
Apr-18	1.67	1.71
May-18	1.48	1.56
Jun-18	1.51	1.79
Jul-18	2.01	1.73
Aug-18	1.72	1.77
Sep-18	1.72	1.76
Oct-18	1.96	1.64
Nov-18	1.67	1.72
Dec-18	1.85	2.18
Jan-19	2.22	1.91
Feb-19	1.79	1.52
Mar-19	1.66	1.68
Apr-19	1.67	1.83
May-19	1.59	1.63
Jun-19	1.56	1.80
Jul-19	2.01	1.76
Aug-19	1.78	1.81
Sep-19	1.75	1.80
Oct-19	1.98	1.68
Nov-19	1.72	1.74
Dec-19	1.89	2.24
Jan-20	2.26	1.97
Feb-20	1.57	1.29
Mar-20	0.92	0.83
Apr-20	0.02	0.06
May-20	0.02	0.03
Jun-20	0.03	0.04
Jul-20	0.02	0.06
Aug-20	0.01	0.06
Sep-20	0.02	0.05
Oct-20	0.02	0.05
Nov-20	0.03	0.04
Dec-20	0.03	0.05
Jan-21	0.03	0.04
Feb-21	0.03	0.03
Mar-21	0.03	0.03
Apr-21	0.05	0.06
May-21	0.11	0.11
Jun-21	0.10	0.10
Jul-21	0.07	0.09
Aug-21	0.03	0.04
Sep-21	0.02	0.03
Oct-21	0.02	0.04

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(a) 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.

1.4 Arrivals and departures by category of travel - monthly change(a)
	Sep-19	Sep-20	Aug-21	Sep-21	Monthly change Aug 21 to Sep 21
Category of travel	(no.)	(no.)	(no.)	(no.)	(no.)
Permanent arrivals(b)	7,520	920	2,800	2,290	-510
Australian resident returns(c)
long-term	10,630	2,530	5,540	3,930	-1,600
short-term	992,820	8,170	10,310	6,020	-4,290
Overseas visitor arrivals(d)
long-term	40,170	880	2,090	2,180	90
short-term	694,960	3,720	6,240	4,410	-1,830
TOTAL ARRIVALS	1,746,100	16,200	26,980	18,840	-8,140
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long-term	16,930	2,790	5,420	4,430	-1,000
short-term	1,133,100	13,660	16,660	14,420	-2,240
Overseas Visitor departures(d)
long-term	18,560	6,060	10,250	9,220	-1,040
short-term	627,950	25,980	4,850	2,270	-2,580
TOTAL DEPARTURES	1,796,540	48,490	37,180	30,330	-6,860

a. Category of travel data is not available from provisional estimates.
b. Permanent arrivals (settlers) comprise: travellers who hold permanent visas, New Zealand citizens who indicate on their passenger card an intention to migrate permanently, and those who are otherwise identified as eligible to settle.
c. Australian resident includes Australian citizens, permanent visa holders residing in Australia, and any New Zealand citizens who can be identified as a resident.
d. An overseas visitor is any traveller arriving to, or departing from, Australia who is not an Australian resident.
NOTE: Long-term are travellers who have been away or in Australia for 12 months or more. Short-term are travellers who have been away or in Australia for less than 12 months.

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 visitor arrivals to Australia:

A total of 4,410 short-term trips were recorded, an increase of 700 compared with the corresponding month of the previous year.
September 2021 trips decreased 99.4% when compared with pre-COVID levels in September 2019.
Afghanistan was the largest source country, accounting for 11% of all visitor arrivals.

2.1 Short-term visitor arrivals
	Short-term visitor arrivals, Aust. ('000)
Sep 2011	431.04
Oct 2011	499.53
Nov 2011	522.76
Dec 2011	674.79
Jan 2012	501.99
Feb 2012	565.75
Mar 2012	543.83
Apr 2012	465.10
May 2012	393.43
Jun 2012	420.51
Jul 2012	499.86
Aug 2012	498.74
Sep 2012	475.47
Oct 2012	521.01
Nov 2012	560.10
Dec 2012	721.32
Jan 2013	488.67
Feb 2013	616.97
Mar 2013	588.87
Apr 2013	461.54
May 2013	413.33
Jun 2013	447.52
Jul 2013	530.91
Aug 2013	529.35
Sep 2013	493.89
Oct 2013	542.76
Nov 2013	578.13
Dec 2013	789.76
Jan 2014	562.51
Feb 2014	637.63
Mar 2014	600.82
Apr 2014	528.56
May 2014	472.88
Jun 2014	457.90
Jul 2014	589.65
Aug 2014	540.91
Sep 2014	521.75
Oct 2014	586.68
Nov 2014	611.23
Dec 2014	811.83
Jan 2015	547.43
Feb 2015	726.06
Mar 2015	679.27
Apr 2015	550.15
May 2015	485.66
Jun 2015	488.15
Jul 2015	628.27
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	18.75
Aug 2021	6.24
Sep 2021	4.41

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Source countries

The three leading source countries where visitors came from were:

Afghanistan (470 trips)
The UK (380)
Vanuatu (360).

Details

2.2 Short-term visitor arrivals, Australia - Top 10 source countries(a)
Country of Residence	Sep 2020	Sep 2021
Afghanistan	0	470
UK(b)	430	380
Vanuatu	170	360
India	210	310
Singapore	190	310
Samoa	0	300
Indonesia	60	290
USA	610	230
Philippines	170	210
China(c)	200	130

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(a) Top 10 source countries based on month ending September 2021.
(b) Includes United Kingdom, Channel Islands and Isle of Man.
(c) Excludes SARs and Taiwan.

2.3 Short-term visitor arrivals - Top 10 source countries(a)
Country of Residence	Sep 2019 (no.)	Sep 2020 (no.)	Aug 2021 (no.)	Sep 2021 (no.)	Aug 2021 to Sep 2021 change
Afghanistan	80	0	230	470	240
UK(b)	41,300	430	540	380	-160
Vanuatu	1,880	170	770	360	-410
India	32,020	210	400	310	-80
Singapore	36,260	190	350	310	-50
Samoa	850	0	120	300	180
Indonesia	15,760	60	80	290	200
USA	48,380	610	400	230	-160
Philippines	12,580	170	210	210	0
China(c)	98,990	200	260	130	-140

(a) Top 10 source countries based on month ending September 2021.
(b) Includes United Kingdom, Channel Islands and Isle of Man.
(c) Excludes SARs and Taiwan.

State or territory of stay

All travellers are asked their intended address in Australia upon arrival. For September 2021, the highest number of visitor arrivals was observed for New South Wales (2,380) whilst Tasmania recorded the fewest (30).

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2.4 Short-term visitor arrivals, State or territory of stay - September 2021

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2.4 Short-term visitor arrivals, State or territory of stay - September 2021

Data is shown in Table 2.5 below

2.5 Short-term visitor arrivals, State or territory of stay
State or territory of stay	Sep 2019 (no.)	Sep 2020 (no.)	Aug 2021 (no.)	Sep 2021 (no.)	Aug 2021 to Sep 2021 change
NSW	251,730	1,880	3,990	2,380	-1,610
Vic.	168,980	330	700	340	-360
Qld	160,010	730	820	650	-170
SA	22,780	100	50	80	30
WA	69,390	300	430	360	-80
Tas.	5,130	20	90	30	-60
NT	8,450	270	100	510	410
ACT	8,460	90	50	60	10
Australia(a)	694,960	3,720	6,240	4,410	-1,830

(a) Includes Other Territories.

Visitor arrivals - short-term - state and territory

Compares international visitor arrivals each month by source country for each state and territory. The additional information is being provided during the COVID-19 pandemic. Analyses in this section are undertaken on short-term trips (less than 1 year) unless otherwise stated.

New South Wales

For visitor arrivals to New South Wales:

There were 2,380 short-term visitor arrivals, an increase of 500 compared with the corresponding month of the previous year.
September 2021 arrivals decreased 99.1% when compared with pre-COVID levels in September 2019.

3.1 Short-term visitor arrivals, NSW
	Short-term visitor arrivals, NSW ('000)
Sep 2011	161.77
Oct 2011	189.45
Nov 2011	195.73
Dec 2011	261.82
Jan 2012	193.27
Feb 2012	220.15
Mar 2012	208.72
Apr 2012	174.50
May 2012	143.04
Jun 2012	144.94
Jul 2012	169.36
Aug 2012	176.51
Sep 2012	162.79
Oct 2012	188.56
Nov 2012	205.91
Dec 2012	273.25
Jan 2013	188.87
Feb 2013	238.43
Mar 2013	220.95
Apr 2013	176.77
May 2013	154.60
Jun 2013	161.07
Jul 2013	188.04
Aug 2013	190.37
Sep 2013	180.97
Oct 2013	205.82
Nov 2013	223.96
Dec 2013	308.03
Jan 2014	225.95
Feb 2014	261.47
Mar 2014	237.87
Apr 2014	203.49
May 2014	180.32
Jun 2014	166.08
Jul 2014	201.34
Aug 2014	194.12
Sep 2014	188.28
Oct 2014	210.56
Nov 2014	233.18
Dec 2014	314.94
Jan 2015	214.35
Feb 2015	281.79
Mar 2015	265.09
Apr 2015	206.13
May 2015	185.95
Jun 2015	171.90
Jul 2015	214.22
Aug 2015	213.40
Sep 2015	204.23
Oct 2015	226.46
Nov 2015	251.08
Dec 2015	350.33
Jan 2016	245.02
Feb 2016	316.29
Mar 2016	298.66
Apr 2016	235.32
May 2016	204.52
Jun 2016	199.94
Jul 2016	248.04
Aug 2016	233.07
Sep 2016	231.42
Oct 2016	249.41
Nov 2016	280.13
Dec 2016	377.47
Jan 2017	297.84
Feb 2017	313.88
Mar 2017	305.54
Apr 2017	275.91
May 2017	222.86
Jun 2017	221.40
Jul 2017	269.51
Aug 2017	257.00
Sep 2017	247.69
Oct 2017	279.16
Nov 2017	302.79
Dec 2017	389.48
Jan 2018	270.17
Feb 2018	360.98
Mar 2018	343.77
Apr 2018	258.38
May 2018	229.40
Jun 2018	229.54
Jul 2018	271.21
Aug 2018	264.22
Sep 2018	251.58
Oct 2018	283.93
Nov 2018	306.21
Dec 2018	403.74
Jan 2019	282.66
Feb 2019	357.42
Mar 2019	314.01
Apr 2019	267.17
May 2019	251.99
Jun 2019	235.05
Jul 2019	268.05
Aug 2019	282.80
Sep 2019	251.73
Oct 2019	285.20
Nov 2019	298.05
Dec 2019	388.71
Jan 2020	280.35
Feb 2020	252.66
Mar 2020	114.51
Apr 2020	0.72
May 2020	1.42
Jun 2020	1.92
Jul 2020	1.57
Aug 2020	1.60
Sep 2020	1.88
Oct 2020	3.44
Nov 2020	4.52
Dec 2020	4.72
Jan 2021	2.91
Feb 2021	2.79
Mar 2021	4.13
Apr 2021	10.94
May 2021	16.49
Jun 2021	16.88
Jul 2021	6.17
Aug 2021	3.99
Sep 2021	2.38

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Source countries

The three leading source countries for New South Wales were:

The UK (280 trips)
Singapore (180)
Vanuatu (180).

3.2 Short-term visitor arrivals, NSW - Top 10 source countries(a)
Country of Residence	Sep 2020	Sep 2021
UK(b)	260	280
Singapore	90	180
Vanuatu	80	180
USA	320	160
Afghanistan	0	150
Samoa	0	140
India	50	130
Philippines	90	120
Tonga	0	100
China(c)	100	70

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(a) Top 10 source countries based on month ending September 2021.
(b) Includes United Kingdom, Channel Islands and Isle of Man.
(c) Excludes SARs and Taiwan.

3.3 Short-term visitor arrivals, NSW - Top 10 source countries(a)
Country of Residence	Sep 2019 (no.)	Sep 2020 (no.)	Aug 2021 (no.)	Sep 2021 (no.)	Aug 2021 to Sep 2021 change
UK(b)	13,960	260	390	280	-110
Singapore	8,670	90	170	180	10
Vanuatu	470	80	360	180	-180
USA	24,740	320	280	160	-120
Afghanistan	40	0	160	150	-10
Samoa	400	0	90	140	50
India	11,320	50	270	130	-140
Philippines	5,800	90	140	120	-20
Tonga	520	0	0	100	100
China(c)	42,130	100	150	70	-80

(a) Top 10 source countries based on month ending September 2021.
(b) Includes United Kingdom, Channel Islands and Isle of Man.
(c) Excludes SARs and Taiwan.

Long-term visitor arrivals

For visitors arriving in New South Wales for a long-term trip (1 year or more):

There were 1,310 arrivals, an increase of 860 compared with the corresponding month of the previous year.
September 2021 arrivals decreased 92.7% when compared with pre-COVID levels in September 2019.

Victoria

For visitor arrivals to Victoria:

There were 340 short-term visitor arrivals, an increase of 20 compared with the corresponding month of the previous year.
September 2021 arrivals decreased 99.8% when compared with pre-COVID levels in September 2019.

4.1 Short-term visitor arrivals, Vic.
	Short-term visitor arrivals, Vic. ('000)
Sep 2011	83.27
Oct 2011	102.54
Nov 2011	118.92
Dec 2011	155.98
Jan 2012	117.37
Feb 2012	133.92
Mar 2012	125.04
Apr 2012	101.56
May 2012	87.47
Jun 2012	84.97
Jul 2012	103.12
Aug 2012	104.18
Sep 2012	94.08
Oct 2012	110.70
Nov 2012	125.79
Dec 2012	169.90
Jan 2013	111.75
Feb 2013	146.41
Mar 2013	139.93
Apr 2013	100.11
May 2013	90.68
Jun 2013	93.30
Jul 2013	109.52
Aug 2013	112.65
Sep 2013	103.72
Oct 2013	112.37
Nov 2013	133.04
Dec 2013	189.17
Jan 2014	132.12
Feb 2014	145.94
Mar 2014	141.52
Apr 2014	116.16
May 2014	111.45
Jun 2014	101.00
Jul 2014	134.70
Aug 2014	116.81
Sep 2014	110.73
Oct 2014	132.11
Nov 2014	145.42
Dec 2014	195.61
Jan 2015	137.52
Feb 2015	189.01
Mar 2015	172.42
Apr 2015	129.15
May 2015	114.57
Jun 2015	113.94
Jul 2015	140.42
Aug 2015	129.56
Sep 2015	130.30
Oct 2015	152.62
Nov 2015	169.38
Dec 2015	231.93
Jan 2016	162.40
Feb 2016	209.12
Mar 2016	187.65
Apr 2016	146.96
May 2016	132.47
Jun 2016	134.94
Jul 2016	168.99
Aug 2016	147.17
Sep 2016	145.18
Oct 2016	169.77
Nov 2016	181.35
Dec 2016	254.12
Jan 2017	190.76
Feb 2017	206.91
Mar 2017	194.86
Apr 2017	171.09
May 2017	140.71
Jun 2017	148.84
Jul 2017	173.80
Aug 2017	170.04
Sep 2017	151.83
Oct 2017	177.21
Nov 2017	195.26
Dec 2017	263.24
Jan 2018	190.96
Feb 2018	243.50
Mar 2018	222.70
Apr 2018	173.78
May 2018	153.19
Jun 2018	164.97
Jul 2018	191.35
Aug 2018	183.12
Sep 2018	167.31
Oct 2018	190.24
Nov 2018	215.21
Dec 2018	282.61
Jan 2019	205.58
Feb 2019	259.06
Mar 2019	234.43
Apr 2019	180.00
May 2019	176.51
Jun 2019	170.79
Jul 2019	201.93
Aug 2019	196.97
Sep 2019	168.98
Oct 2019	195.58
Nov 2019	220.34
Dec 2019	299.56
Jan 2020	218.24
Feb 2020	181.50
Mar 2020	97.62
Apr 2020	0.48
May 2020	0.77
Jun 2020	1.14
Jul 2020	0.31
Aug 2020	0.22
Sep 2020	0.33
Oct 2020	0.64
Nov 2020	0.74
Dec 2020	1.62
Jan 2021	2.04
Feb 2021	0.92
Mar 2021	1.28
Apr 2021	4.03
May 2021	5.85
Jun 2021	2.49
Jul 2021	3.28
Aug 2021	0.70
Sep 2021	0.34

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Source countries

The three leading source countries for Victoria were:

Afghanistan (90 trips)
China (40)
The UK (30).

4.2 Short-term visitor arrivals, Vic. - Top 10 source countries(a)
Country of Residence	Sep 2020	Sep 2021
Afghanistan	0	90
China(b)	50	40
UK(c)	30	30
Vanuatu	0	30
India	30	20
USA	40	10
Hong Kong	10	10
Ireland	10	10
Philippines	0	10
Unit Arab Emir	0	10

["Country of Residence","Sep 2020","Sep 2021"]

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(a) Top 10 source countries based on month ending September 2021.
(b) Excludes SARs and Taiwan.
(c) Includes United Kingdom, Channel Islands and Isle of Man.

4.3 Short-term visitor arrivals, Vic. - Top 10 source countries(a)
Country of Residence	Sep 2019 (no.)	Sep 2020 (no.)	Aug 2021 (no.)	Sep 2021 (no.)	Aug 2021 to Sep 2021 change
Afghanistan	20	0	30	90	60
China(b)	31,700	50	70	40	-30
UK(c)	8,380	30	50	30	-20
Vanuatu	440	0	200	30	-170
India	12,040	30	10	20	0
USA	9,720	40	40	10	-30
Hong Kong	5,290	10	10	10	0
Ireland	1,000	10	10	10	0
Philippines	3,330	0	10	10	0
Unit Arab Emir	500	0	10	10	-10

(a) Top 10 source countries based on month ending September 2021
(b) Excludes SARs and Taiwan.
(c) Includes United Kingdom, Channel Islands and Isle of Man.

Long-term visitor arrivals

For visitors arriving in Victoria for a long-term trip (1 year or more):

There were 230 arrivals, an increase of 130 compared with the corresponding month of the previous year.
September 2021 arrivals decreased 97.9% when compared with pre-COVID levels in September 2019.

Queensland

For visitor arrivals to Queensland:

There were 650 short-term visitor arrivals, a decrease of 80 compared with the corresponding month of the previous year.
September 2021 arrivals decreased 99.6% when compared with pre-COVID levels in September 2019.

5.1 Short-term visitor arrivals, Qld
	Short-term visitor arrivals, Qld ('000)
Sep 2011	113.18
Oct 2011	130.51
Nov 2011	118.37
Dec 2011	145.19
Jan 2012	107.97
Feb 2012	111.56
Mar 2012	119.58
Apr 2012	109.59
May 2012	99.98
Jun 2012	122.31
Jul 2012	147.63
Aug 2012	139.92
Sep 2012	137.78
Oct 2012	136.66
Nov 2012	131.39
Dec 2012	153.78
Jan 2013	102.45
Feb 2013	128.25
Mar 2013	127.57
Apr 2013	103.84
May 2013	100.58
Jun 2013	123.83
Jul 2013	154.76
Aug 2013	142.02
Sep 2013	126.13
Oct 2013	137.04
Nov 2013	124.01
Dec 2013	155.14
Jan 2014	110.45
Feb 2014	121.48
Mar 2014	121.09
Apr 2014	114.32
May 2014	105.52
Jun 2014	114.40
Jul 2014	158.60
Aug 2014	147.50
Sep 2014	132.02
Oct 2014	145.29
Nov 2014	127.14
Dec 2014	162.02
Jan 2015	106.81
Feb 2015	136.82
Mar 2015	133.50
Apr 2015	118.72
May 2015	111.29
Jun 2015	120.41
Jul 2015	174.46
Aug 2015	146.49
Sep 2015	146.07
Oct 2015	151.54
Nov 2015	141.97
Dec 2015	176.14
Jan 2016	123.61
Feb 2016	148.24
Mar 2016	153.12
Apr 2016	131.91
May 2016	122.98
Jun 2016	136.35
Jul 2016	184.90
Aug 2016	161.53
Sep 2016	163.71
Oct 2016	169.25
Nov 2016	145.22
Dec 2016	185.36
Jan 2017	133.54
Feb 2017	141.68
Mar 2017	152.56
Apr 2017	144.47
May 2017	128.36
Jun 2017	139.92
Jul 2017	194.86
Aug 2017	172.14
Sep 2017	158.14
Oct 2017	171.11
Nov 2017	154.57
Dec 2017	196.80
Jan 2018	139.38
Feb 2018	168.50
Mar 2018	173.80
Apr 2018	144.96
May 2018	135.66
Jun 2018	156.16
Jul 2018	206.47
Aug 2018	191.63
Sep 2018	169.09
Oct 2018	169.30
Nov 2018	153.53
Dec 2018	204.53
Jan 2019	141.46
Feb 2019	165.28
Mar 2019	166.42
Apr 2019	148.81
May 2019	144.29
Jun 2019	156.51
Jul 2019	206.91
Aug 2019	194.20
Sep 2019	160.01
Oct 2019	169.72
Nov 2019	166.02
Dec 2019	212.05
Jan 2020	148.73
Feb 2020	131.35
Mar 2020	62.11
Apr 2020	0.64
May 2020	0.64
Jun 2020	1.32
Jul 2020	0.92
Aug 2020	0.60
Sep 2020	0.73
Oct 2020	0.99
Nov 2020	1.13
Dec 2020	1.10
Jan 2021	1.50
Feb 2021	1.41
Mar 2021	1.37
Apr 2021	5.10
May 2021	9.85
Jun 2021	13.03
Jul 2021	5.81
Aug 2021	0.82
Sep 2021	0.65

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Source countries

The three leading source countries for Queensland were:

India (120 trips)
Afghanistan (120)
Vanuatu (50).

5.2 Short-term visitor arrivals, Qld - Top 10 source countries(a)
Country of Residence	Sep 2020	Sep 2021
India	100	120
Afghanistan	0	120
Vanuatu	10	50
Philippines	60	40
UK(b)	80	30
USA	80	20
Ukraine	20	20
Solomon Islands	0	20
New Zealand	110	20
Singapore	20	20

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(a) Top 10 source countries based on month ending September 2021.
(b) Includes United Kingdom, Channel Islands and Isle of Man.

5.3 Short-term visitor arrivals, Qld - Top 10 source countries(a)
Country of Residence	Sep 2019 (no.)	Sep 2020 (no.)	Aug 2021 (no.)	Sep 2021 (no.)	Aug 2021 to Sep 2021 change
India	4,240	100	70	120	50
Afghanistan	0	0	40	120	80
Vanuatu	530	10	10	50	40
Philippines	1,590	60	30	40	10
UK(b)	9,820	80	60	30	-30
USA	8,210	80	30	20	-10
Ukraine	60	20	10	20	10
Solomon Islands	500	0	10	20	10
New Zealand	51,820	110	120	20	-100
Singapore	5,380	20	140	20	-130

(a) Top 10 source countries based on month ending September 2021.
(b) Includes United Kingdom, Channel Islands and Isle of Man.

Long-term visitor arrivals

For visitors arriving in Queensland for a long-term trip (1 year or more):

There were 280 arrivals, an increase of 180 compared with the corresponding month of the previous year.
September 2021 arrivals decreased 94.7% when compared with pre-COVID levels in September 2019.

South Australia

For visitor arrivals to South Australia:

There were 80 short-term visitor arrivals, a decrease of 20 compared with the corresponding month of the previous year.
September 2021 arrivals decreased 99.6% when compared with pre-COVID levels in September 2019.

6.1 Short-term visitor arrivals, SA
	Short-term visitor arrivals, SA ('000)
Sep 2011	11.59
Oct 2011	12.53
Nov 2011	13.31
Dec 2011	20.54
Jan 2012	16.60
Feb 2012	18.95
Mar 2012	16.08
Apr 2012	13.99
May 2012	8.72
Jun 2012	10.22
Jul 2012	14.09
Aug 2012	11.70
Sep 2012	12.42
Oct 2012	13.31
Nov 2012	17.19
Dec 2012	25.64
Jan 2013	15.23
Feb 2013	19.84
Mar 2013	18.75
Apr 2013	13.66
May 2013	10.07
Jun 2013	9.86
Jul 2013	14.40
Aug 2013	13.14
Sep 2013	13.34
Oct 2013	15.15
Nov 2013	20.15
Dec 2013	27.70
Jan 2014	19.38
Feb 2014	22.87
Mar 2014	20.61
Apr 2014	17.09
May 2014	14.05
Jun 2014	13.30
Jul 2014	17.50
Aug 2014	14.32
Sep 2014	15.18
Oct 2014	17.47
Nov 2014	17.98
Dec 2014	27.97
Jan 2015	18.48
Feb 2015	25.26
Mar 2015	21.43
Apr 2015	17.51
May 2015	12.42
Jun 2015	10.27
Jul 2015	16.93
Aug 2015	13.73
Sep 2015	13.79
Oct 2015	15.97
Nov 2015	17.85
Dec 2015	27.09
Jan 2016	16.53
Feb 2016	22.59
Mar 2016	21.54
Apr 2016	15.61
May 2016	12.29
Jun 2016	12.42
Jul 2016	19.64
Aug 2016	14.39
Sep 2016	16.83
Oct 2016	17.82
Nov 2016	18.31
Dec 2016	29.22
Jan 2017	20.23
Feb 2017	25.05
Mar 2017	22.41
Apr 2017	17.44
May 2017	13.02
Jun 2017	14.08
Jul 2017	20.69
Aug 2017	17.85
Sep 2017	20.55
Oct 2017	20.19
Nov 2017	23.24
Dec 2017	32.46
Jan 2018	21.91
Feb 2018	29.33
Mar 2018	25.16
Apr 2018	20.24
May 2018	15.13
Jun 2018	14.88
Jul 2018	20.19
Aug 2018	18.31
Sep 2018	18.62
Oct 2018	20.49
Nov 2018	24.48
Dec 2018	31.49
Jan 2019	22.48
Feb 2019	30.24
Mar 2019	24.70
Apr 2019	20.48
May 2019	17.54
Jun 2019	16.45
Jul 2019	21.95
Aug 2019	19.45
Sep 2019	22.78
Oct 2019	23.44
Nov 2019	23.32
Dec 2019	33.30
Jan 2020	24.43
Feb 2020	22.07
Mar 2020	11.41
Apr 2020	0.07
May 2020	0.10
Jun 2020	0.09
Jul 2020	0.10
Aug 2020	0.05
Sep 2020	0.10
Oct 2020	0.18
Nov 2020	0.29
Dec 2020	0.22
Jan 2021	0.26
Feb 2021	0.22
Mar 2021	0.21
Apr 2021	0.65
May 2021	0.78
Jun 2021	0.78
Jul 2021	0.64
Aug 2021	0.05
Sep 2021	0.08

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Long-term visitor arrivals

For visitors arriving in South Australia for a long-term trip (1 year or more):

There were 40 arrivals, an increase of 20 compared with the corresponding month of the previous year.
September 2021 arrivals decreased 97.3% when compared with pre-COVID levels in September 2019.

Due to volatility in the very small number of movements caused by COVID-19, no further analysis has been undertaken.

Western Australia

For visitor arrivals to Western Australia:

There were 360 short-term visitor arrivals, an increase of 50 compared with the corresponding month of the previous year.
September 2021 arrivals decreased 99.5% when compared with pre-COVID levels in September 2019.

7.1 Short-term visitor arrivals, WA
	Short-term visitor arrivals, WA ('000)
Sep 2011	48.25
Oct 2011	51.20
Nov 2011	60.33
Dec 2011	72.77
Jan 2012	53.64
Feb 2012	62.10
Mar 2012	60.27
Apr 2012	52.47
May 2012	41.66
Jun 2012	43.73
Jul 2012	45.81
Aug 2012	49.54
Sep 2012	52.88
Oct 2012	55.44
Nov 2012	63.34
Dec 2012	78.66
Jan 2013	55.13
Feb 2013	63.90
Mar 2013	65.89
Apr 2013	50.83
May 2013	44.58
Jun 2013	46.09
Jul 2013	46.77
Aug 2013	53.62
Sep 2013	54.41
Oct 2013	57.51
Nov 2013	63.20
Dec 2013	89.80
Jan 2014	59.80
Feb 2014	67.45
Mar 2014	65.92
Apr 2014	59.14
May 2014	48.14
Jun 2014	49.33
Jul 2014	56.76
Aug 2014	50.66
Sep 2014	60.00
Oct 2014	62.42
Nov 2014	67.35
Dec 2014	88.74
Jan 2015	55.37
Feb 2015	71.60
Mar 2015	69.95
Apr 2015	59.80
May 2015	49.06
Jun 2015	50.79
Jul 2015	58.88
Aug 2015	55.36
Sep 2015	62.75
Oct 2015	62.47
Nov 2015	73.05
Dec 2015	94.76
Jan 2016	55.79
Feb 2016	81.07
Mar 2016	78.12
Apr 2016	63.20
May 2016	56.60
Jun 2016	57.63
Jul 2016	67.73
Aug 2016	59.17
Sep 2016	72.19
Oct 2016	71.47
Nov 2016	77.78
Dec 2016	103.40
Jan 2017	63.79
Feb 2017	75.65
Mar 2017	78.24
Apr 2017	71.03
May 2017	58.99
Jun 2017	61.40
Jul 2017	61.46
Aug 2017	64.73
Sep 2017	64.72
Oct 2017	71.83
Nov 2017	77.96
Dec 2017	103.96
Jan 2018	59.81
Feb 2018	82.05
Mar 2018	83.58
Apr 2018	60.04
May 2018	58.35
Jun 2018	62.41
Jul 2018	58.77
Aug 2018	65.92
Sep 2018	64.56
Oct 2018	70.66
Nov 2018	78.83
Dec 2018	104.11
Jan 2019	58.91
Feb 2019	82.46
Mar 2019	74.81
Apr 2019	62.86
May 2019	61.10
Jun 2019	62.95
Jul 2019	65.26
Aug 2019	72.99
Sep 2019	69.39
Oct 2019	77.63
Nov 2019	83.91
Dec 2019	111.80
Jan 2020	73.32
Feb 2020	74.98
Mar 2020	35.49
Apr 2020	0.25
May 2020	0.37
Jun 2020	0.51
Jul 2020	0.46
Aug 2020	0.46
Sep 2020	0.30
Oct 2020	0.64
Nov 2020	0.67
Dec 2020	0.68
Jan 2021	0.65
Feb 2021	0.67
Mar 2021	0.78
Apr 2021	1.36
May 2021	2.30
Jun 2021	2.41
Jul 2021	1.96
Aug 2021	0.43
Sep 2021	0.36

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Source countries

The three leading source countries for Western Australia were:

Vanuatu (80 trips)
Singapore (40)
Afghanistan (30).

7.2 Short-term visitor arrivals, WA - Top 10 source countries(a)
Country of Residence	Sep 2020	Sep 2021
Vanuatu	0	80
Singapore	30	40
Afghanistan	0	30
Philippines	10	30
UK(b)	40	20
India	20	20
Indonesia	10	20
USA	40	20
New Zealand	20	10
Germany	10	10

["Country of Residence","Sep 2020","Sep 2021"]

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(a) Top 10 source countries based on month ending September 2021.
(b) Includes United Kingdom, Channel Islands and Isle of Man.

7.3 Short-term visitor arrivals, WA - Top 10 source countries(a)
Country of Residence	Sep 2019 (no.)	Sep 2020 (no.)	Aug 2021 (no.)	Sep 2021 (no.)	Aug 2021 to Sep 2021 change
Vanuatu	20	0	70	80	10
Singapore	10,290	30	20	40	20
Afghanistan	10	0	0	30	30
Philippines	990	10	20	30	10
UK(b)	6,310	40	30	20	-10
India	2,260	20	30	20	-10
Indonesia	2,860	10	20	20	0
USA	2,430	40	20	20	0
New Zealand	5,570	20	140	10	-130
Germany	1,700	10	0	10	10

(a) Top 10 source countries based on month ending September 2021.
(b) Includes United Kingdom, Channel Islands and Isle of Man.

Long-term visitor arrivals

For visitors arriving in Western Australia for a long-term trip (1 year or more):

There were 170 arrivals, an increase of 80 compared with the corresponding month of the previous year.
September 2021 arrivals decreased 94.9% when compared with pre-COVID levels in September 2019.

Tasmania

For visitor arrivals to Tasmania:

There were 30 short-term visitor arrivals, an increase of 10 compared with the corresponding month of the previous year.
September 2021 arrivals decreased 99.3% when compared with pre-COVID levels in September 2019.

8.1 Short-term visitor arrivals, Tas.
	Short-term visitor arrivals, Tas. ('000)
Sep 2011	2.02
Oct 2011	2.88
Nov 2011	4.24
Dec 2011	7.38
Jan 2012	4.26
Feb 2012	5.73
Mar 2012	3.78
Apr 2012	2.52
May 2012	2.37
Jun 2012	2.40
Jul 2012	2.22
Aug 2012	2.32
Sep 2012	2.17
Oct 2012	2.89
Nov 2012	3.69
Dec 2012	6.91
Jan 2013	4.76
Feb 2013	7.27
Mar 2013	4.54
Apr 2013	2.71
May 2013	2.34
Jun 2013	1.62
Jul 2013	2.25
Aug 2013	2.03
Sep 2013	2.14
Oct 2013	3.02
Nov 2013	3.92
Dec 2013	7.46
Jan 2014	4.90
Feb 2014	5.59
Mar 2014	3.76
Apr 2014	3.23
May 2014	2.27
Jun 2014	1.50
Jul 2014	2.21
Aug 2014	2.14
Sep 2014	1.93
Oct 2014	3.80
Nov 2014	6.02
Dec 2014	9.01
Jan 2015	4.96
Feb 2015	7.06
Mar 2015	4.78
Apr 2015	2.95
May 2015	2.40
Jun 2015	2.31
Jul 2015	3.32
Aug 2015	2.64
Sep 2015	2.91
Oct 2015	3.95
Nov 2015	6.06
Dec 2015	9.24
Jan 2016	5.55
Feb 2016	7.61
Mar 2016	5.40
Apr 2016	3.50
May 2016	2.83
Jun 2016	3.16
Jul 2016	4.16
Aug 2016	3.12
Sep 2016	3.31
Oct 2016	4.22
Nov 2016	6.90
Dec 2016	10.76
Jan 2017	7.09
Feb 2017	7.44
Mar 2017	6.02
Apr 2017	4.70
May 2017	3.45
Jun 2017	3.89
Jul 2017	5.43
Aug 2017	4.70
Sep 2017	4.92
Oct 2017	6.33
Nov 2017	8.56
Dec 2017	13.74
Jan 2018	7.81
Feb 2018	12.29
Mar 2018	9.30
Apr 2018	6.16
May 2018	4.40
Jun 2018	4.69
Jul 2018	5.35
Aug 2018	3.79
Sep 2018	4.80
Oct 2018	6.29
Nov 2018	9.15
Dec 2018	14.55
Jan 2019	8.54
Feb 2019	13.27
Mar 2019	8.73
Apr 2019	6.54
May 2019	4.64
Jun 2019	4.54
Jul 2019	5.67
Aug 2019	5.95
Sep 2019	5.13
Oct 2019	6.83
Nov 2019	10.32
Dec 2019	14.90
Jan 2020	10.45
Feb 2020	9.37
Mar 2020	4.31
Apr 2020	0.01
May 2020	0.02
Jun 2020	0.01
Jul 2020	0.03
Aug 2020	0.01
Sep 2020	0.02
Oct 2020	0.05
Nov 2020	0.05
Dec 2020	0.30
Jan 2021	0.34
Feb 2021	0.08
Mar 2021	0.12
Apr 2021	0.22
May 2021	0.36
Jun 2021	0.40
Jul 2021	0.35
Aug 2021	0.09
Sep 2021	0.03

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Long-term visitor arrivals

For visitors arriving in Tasmania for a long-term trip (1 year or more):

There were 10 arrivals, the same as the corresponding month of the previous year.
September 2021 arrivals decreased 97.5% when compared with pre-COVID levels in September 2019.

Due to volatility in the very small number of movements caused by COVID-19, no further analysis has been undertaken.

Northern Territory

For visitor arrivals to the Northern Territory:

There were 510 short-term visitor arrivals, an increase of 240 compared with the corresponding month of the previous year.
September 2021 arrivals decreased 94% when compared with pre-COVID levels in September 2019.

9.1 Short-term visitor arrivals, NT
	Short-term visitor arrivals, NT ('000)
Sep 2011	5.73
Oct 2011	5.48
Nov 2011	5.02
Dec 2011	3.84
Jan 2012	4.06
Feb 2012	5.25
Mar 2012	5.27
Apr 2012	5.69
May 2012	6.53
Jun 2012	7.62
Jul 2012	11.04
Aug 2012	9.38
Sep 2012	7.33
Oct 2012	7.76
Nov 2012	7.30
Dec 2012	5.25
Jan 2013	4.80
Feb 2013	4.71
Mar 2013	6.22
Apr 2013	9.19
May 2013	6.33
Jun 2013	7.24
Jul 2013	7.94
Aug 2013	10.72
Sep 2013	7.78
Oct 2013	6.49
Nov 2013	4.70
Dec 2013	4.76
Jan 2014	4.53
Feb 2014	4.55
Mar 2014	5.48
Apr 2014	10.83
May 2014	6.76
Jun 2014	8.07
Jul 2014	12.14
Aug 2014	10.35
Sep 2014	8.58
Oct 2014	8.49
Nov 2014	7.68
Dec 2014	4.48
Jan 2015	3.96
Feb 2015	5.25
Mar 2015	5.54
Apr 2015	11.09
May 2015	5.69
Jun 2015	13.62
Jul 2015	12.13
Aug 2015	8.21
Sep 2015	6.98
Oct 2015	6.69
Nov 2015	5.83
Dec 2015	4.06
Jan 2016	3.59
Feb 2016	4.70
Mar 2016	5.27
Apr 2016	8.27
May 2016	5.53
Jun 2016	6.12
Jul 2016	13.54
Aug 2016	9.47
Sep 2016	8.44
Oct 2016	7.20
Nov 2016	5.44
Dec 2016	5.96
Jan 2017	4.08
Feb 2017	6.62
Mar 2017	5.67
Apr 2017	8.15
May 2017	7.28
Jun 2017	9.84
Jul 2017	10.02
Aug 2017	8.96
Sep 2017	8.25
Oct 2017	8.19
Nov 2017	6.52
Dec 2017	4.79
Jan 2018	4.20
Feb 2018	4.25
Mar 2018	5.28
Apr 2018	6.37
May 2018	5.52
Jun 2018	6.49
Jul 2018	8.86
Aug 2018	8.19
Sep 2018	7.01
Oct 2018	5.05
Nov 2018	5.56
Dec 2018	5.54
Jan 2019	3.42
Feb 2019	5.11
Mar 2019	4.92
Apr 2019	7.25
May 2019	6.06
Jun 2019	7.07
Jul 2019	9.46
Aug 2019	8.82
Sep 2019	8.45
Oct 2019	7.46
Nov 2019	4.37
Dec 2019	4.48
Jan 2020	4.01
Feb 2020	4.39
Mar 2020	1.67
Apr 2020	0.01
May 2020	0.06
Jun 2020	0.29
Jul 2020	0.03
Aug 2020	0.03
Sep 2020	0.27
Oct 2020	0.04
Nov 2020	0.05
Dec 2020	0.04
Jan 2021	0.10
Feb 2021	0.05
Mar 2021	0.36
Apr 2021	0.13
May 2021	0.24
Jun 2021	0.33
Jul 2021	0.34
Aug 2021	0.10
Sep 2021	0.51

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Long-term visitor arrivals

For visitors arriving in the Northern Territory for a long-term trip (1 year or more):

There were 70 arrivals, an increase of 40 compared with the corresponding month of the previous year.
September 2021 arrivals decreased 82.8% when compared with pre-COVID levels in September 2019.

Due to volatility in the very small number of movements caused by COVID-19, no further analysis has been undertaken.

Australian Capital Territory

For visitor arrivals to the Australian Capital Territory:

There were 60 short-term visitor arrivals, a decrease of 30 compared with the corresponding month of the previous year.
September 2021 arrivals decreased 99.3% when compared with pre-COVID levels in September 2019.

10.1 Short-term visitor arrivals, ACT
	Short-term visitor arrivals, ACT ('000)
Sep 2011	5.24
Oct 2011	4.93
Nov 2011	6.83
Dec 2011	7.26
Jan 2012	4.82
Feb 2012	8.10
Mar 2012	5.08
Apr 2012	4.76
May 2012	3.67
Jun 2012	4.34
Jul 2012	6.59
Aug 2012	5.18
Sep 2012	6.03
Oct 2012	5.69
Nov 2012	5.50
Dec 2012	7.92
Jan 2013	5.69
Feb 2013	8.17
Mar 2013	5.01
Apr 2013	4.42
May 2013	4.16
Jun 2013	4.51
Jul 2013	7.24
Aug 2013	4.78
Sep 2013	5.41
Oct 2013	5.35
Nov 2013	5.14
Dec 2013	7.69
Jan 2014	5.37
Feb 2014	8.28
Mar 2014	4.56
Apr 2014	4.28
May 2014	4.36
Jun 2014	4.22
Jul 2014	6.39
Aug 2014	5.00
Sep 2014	5.03
Oct 2014	6.52
Nov 2014	6.39
Dec 2014	9.04
Jan 2015	5.98
Feb 2015	9.27
Mar 2015	6.52
Apr 2015	4.80
May 2015	4.26
Jun 2015	4.91
Jul 2015	7.90
Aug 2015	4.74
Sep 2015	4.98
Oct 2015	6.10
Nov 2015	6.32
Dec 2015	7.75
Jan 2016	5.18
Feb 2016	8.98
Mar 2016	7.59
Apr 2016	5.72
May 2016	4.05
Jun 2016	4.51
Jul 2016	8.79
Aug 2016	4.21
Sep 2016	5.95
Oct 2016	6.77
Nov 2016	6.69
Dec 2016	9.81
Jan 2017	6.62
Feb 2017	10.34
Mar 2017	6.86
Apr 2017	7.17
May 2017	4.39
Jun 2017	6.61
Jul 2017	10.62
Aug 2017	7.43
Sep 2017	7.46
Oct 2017	7.33
Nov 2017	8.17
Dec 2017	10.53
Jan 2018	8.26
Feb 2018	13.63
Mar 2018	8.70
Apr 2018	9.82
May 2018	7.79
Jun 2018	7.47
Jul 2018	12.07
Aug 2018	6.49
Sep 2018	7.20
Oct 2018	7.98
Nov 2018	9.12
Dec 2018	11.23
Jan 2019	8.03
Feb 2019	14.42
Mar 2019	8.28
Apr 2019	7.22
May 2019	6.14
Jun 2019	6.96
Jul 2019	11.13
Aug 2019	8.00
Sep 2019	8.46
Oct 2019	8.11
Nov 2019	9.52
Dec 2019	12.92
Jan 2020	7.02
Feb 2020	9.08
Mar 2020	4.70
Apr 2020	0.06
May 2020	0.06
Jun 2020	0.12
Jul 2020	0.08
Aug 2020	0.06
Sep 2020	0.09
Oct 2020	0.08
Nov 2020	0.11
Dec 2020	0.14
Jan 2021	0.18
Feb 2021	0.10
Mar 2021	0.08
Apr 2021	0.17
May 2021	0.32
Jun 2021	0.44
Jul 2021	0.19
Aug 2021	0.05
Sep 2021	0.06

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Long-term visitor arrivals

For visitors arriving in the Australian Capital Territory for a long-term trip (1 year or more):

There were 80 arrivals, a decrease of 10 compared with the corresponding month of the previous year.
September 2021 arrivals decreased 91% when compared with pre-COVID levels in September 2019.

Due to volatility in the very small number of movements caused by COVID-19, no further analysis has been undertaken.

Visitor arrivals - short-term - Financial year 2020-21

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

Effects of COVID-19 outbreak

The World Health Organisation (WHO) commenced daily situation reports of the COVID-19 outbreak on 21 January 2020 and identified it as an international health emergency on 30 January. This was less than a month after suspected cases were reported in Wuhan, China. Initially the Australian Government placed travel restrictions on those travelling to Australia from mainland China commencing 1 February 2020. Restrictions on other countries soon followed. From 20 March 2020, all overseas travel was banned, with few exceptions. The pandemic has continued to disrupt international travel with volumes at a record low for the 2020-21 financial year. For more information, see the Prime Minister's media release on border restrictions or the Smartraveller page from the Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade website.

Visitors arriving in Australia in 2020-21:

There were 150,880 visitor arrivals, down 97.8% on the previous year
New Zealand was the largest source country, accounting for 83,710 visitors nationally
The main reason for travel was 'Visiting friends/relatives' (54.1%). A year ago it was 'Holiday' (46.3%)
Nationally, the median duration of stay in Australia was 27 days.

Annual visitor arrivals

There were 150,880 visitor arrivals in 2020-21. This was down 97.8% on the previous year with 6.6 million fewer arrivals.

The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in substantial declines in travel movements since the introduction of border restrictions in March 2020.

11.1 Short-term visitor arrivals by month
2020-21	'000	Change (no.)(a)
Jul	3.53	-786.85
Aug	3.03	-786.17
Sep	3.72	-691.24
Oct	6.07	-767.95
Nov	7.57	-808.34
Dec	8.82	-1,068.90
Jan	7.99	-758.60
Feb	6.26	-679.15
Mar	8.32	-323.57
Apr	22.61	20.36
May	36.19	32.75
Jun	36.77	31.38
Annual Total	150.88	-6,586.29

(a) Numerical change when compared to the same period of the previous year.

Visitor arrivals to Australia have generally been increasing over recent decades, with a strong continuous increase over the past ten years (as seen in graph 13.2 below).

Peaks were seen during the Brisbane Expo in 1988 and the Sydney Olympics in 2000
Decreases were experienced during the Asian financial crisis in 1998, after the 2001 September 11 attacks in the USA, the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) outbreak in 2003 and the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) in 2008.

However, due to the impact of COVID-19, a substantial decline has been observed from February 2020 onwards. Prior to the pandemic, there were a record 9.5 million visitors to Australia in the year ending January 2020.

11.2 Short-term visitor arrivals, Australia — year ending up to June 2021
	Short-term visitor arrivals (M)
Jun-81	0.91
Jul-81	0.92
Aug-81	0.92
Sep-81	0.92
Oct-81	0.93
Nov-81	0.94
Dec-81	0.94
Jan-82	0.95
Feb-82	0.95
Mar-82	0.95
Apr-82	0.96
May-82	0.96
Jun-82	0.95
Jul-82	0.95
Aug-82	0.95
Sep-82	0.96
Oct-82	0.96
Nov-82	0.96
Dec-82	0.95
Jan-83	0.96
Feb-83	0.96
Mar-83	0.95
Apr-83	0.93
May-83	0.93
Jun-83	0.93
Jul-83	0.93
Aug-83	0.94
Sep-83	0.93
Oct-83	0.93
Nov-83	0.94
Dec-83	0.94
Jan-84	0.94
Feb-84	0.95
Mar-84	0.95
Apr-84	0.97
May-84	0.98
Jun-84	0.99
Jul-84	0.99
Aug-84	0.99
Sep-84	0.99
Oct-84	1.00
Nov-84	1.01
Dec-84	1.02
Jan-85	1.02
Feb-85	1.03
Mar-85	1.06
Apr-85	1.06
May-85	1.06
Jun-85	1.06
Jul-85	1.06
Aug-85	1.07
Sep-85	1.08
Oct-85	1.09
Nov-85	1.12
Dec-85	1.14
Jan-86	1.16
Feb-86	1.18
Mar-86	1.20
Apr-86	1.23
May-86	1.24
Jun-86	1.26
Jul-86	1.29
Aug-86	1.31
Sep-86	1.33
Oct-86	1.35
Nov-86	1.39
Dec-86	1.43
Jan-87	1.47
Feb-87	1.50
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Events impacting short-term visitor arrivals include:

1988: Brisbane Expo
1998: Asian financial crisis
2000: Sydney Olympics
2001: September 11 attacks
2003: Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) outbreak
2008: Global Financial Crisis (GFC)
2020: COVID-19 outbreak from February onwards

Source countries

Travel restrictions have resulted in a change in the source countries of visitors to Australia.

In 2020-21:

Short-term visitor arrivals for all top 5 source countries are lower when compared with the previous year, due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
New Zealand (83,710 visits) was the largest source country for visitor arrivals
The USA (10,200) was the second largest.

In 2019-20, New Zealand was the largest and China the second largest.

11.3 Short-term visitor arrivals, Australia — Top 5 source countries(a) — year ending up to June 2021
	New Zealand ('000)	USA ('000)	UK(b) ('000)	Singapore ('000)	China(c) ('000)
Jun-11	1,175.52	475.75	661.27	268.48	498.38
Jul-11	1,174.61	476.48	659.54	269.92	504.62
Aug-11	1,181.83	470.32	660.03	269.51	512.18
Sep-11	1,157.75	468.12	660.79	269.63	517.21
Oct-11	1,159.66	466.39	658.14	268.42	526.14
Nov-11	1,164.86	469.67	650.24	265.49	534.41
Dec-11	1,166.81	469.27	637.36	266.19	540.54
Jan-12	1,167.38	472.94	634.80	267.27	558.06
Feb-12	1,174.25	474.11	634.31	262.34	547.73
Mar-12	1,177.09	477.50	642.38	262.83	560.80
Apr-12	1,178.33	481.50	625.64	262.46	573.08
May-12	1,176.33	482.59	626.25	262.08	577.91
Jun-12	1,184.05	483.94	626.78	266.04	583.81
Jul-12	1,178.63	481.75	623.34	267.47	590.65
Aug-12	1,175.83	483.72	622.64	272.78	598.28
Sep-12	1,190.97	487.53	621.97	275.54	607.78
Oct-12	1,195.38	492.79	620.72	277.22	614.92
Nov-12	1,194.50	495.75	624.08	281.55	621.61
Dec-12	1,193.12	500.38	625.98	287.29	628.10
Jan-13	1,199.65	503.16	626.64	285.44	609.02
Feb-13	1,195.52	505.83	621.76	292.17	653.43
Mar-13	1,198.49	510.96	626.21	298.41	662.14
Apr-13	1,192.83	509.68	622.56	297.49	673.68
May-13	1,193.50	509.04	622.44	300.83	684.03
Jun-13	1,182.54	509.80	637.98	306.92	689.62
Jul-13	1,189.92	510.19	645.41	308.26	701.97
Aug-13	1,193.81	509.29	645.96	311.96	711.53
Sep-13	1,192.77	507.73	645.69	314.04	726.26
Oct-13	1,193.47	508.62	646.42	318.18	724.41
Nov-13	1,193.01	510.37	651.95	323.26	719.22
Dec-13	1,201.25	516.24	668.21	333.15	720.75
Jan-14	1,201.01	516.74	673.32	339.95	760.15
Feb-14	1,206.47	521.82	679.28	339.08	754.04
Mar-14	1,204.23	527.20	672.64	342.29	761.05
Apr-14	1,215.73	530.46	687.17	346.35	763.27
May-14	1,223.77	537.39	687.27	352.31	766.95
Jun-14	1,226.57	538.16	671.21	357.95	773.72
Jul-14	1,226.63	539.11	670.15	360.69	784.03
Aug-14	1,226.90	544.63	671.44	358.05	796.35
Sep-14	1,233.24	547.62	673.35	361.07	800.34
Oct-14	1,241.29	552.81	673.36	364.09	816.44
Nov-14	1,245.33	559.04	668.66	365.35	835.06
Dec-14	1,244.79	561.71	657.18	362.70	851.02
Jan-15	1,247.10	563.13	660.83	357.92	827.46
Feb-15	1,248.24	567.28	658.03	362.94	887.02
Mar-15	1,256.68	575.19	672.62	362.28	900.68
Apr-15	1,259.65	578.19	664.83	365.29	912.93
May-15	1,262.53	577.64	666.34	365.37	926.56
Jun-15	1,270.88	584.57	667.17	363.48	935.97
Jul-15	1,283.65	587.47	669.62	364.93	947.83
Aug-15	1,289.66	588.18	671.46	371.08	959.90
Sep-15	1,297.56	592.74	672.08	375.06	974.60
Oct-15	1,300.66	598.04	673.68	373.99	992.03
Nov-15	1,305.20	602.87	678.30	380.72	1,009.34
Dec-15	1,311.95	618.62	688.17	387.15	1,031.91
Jan-16	1,318.72	625.06	688.91	388.86	1,073.04
Feb-16	1,317.76	634.12	697.12	391.61	1,082.54
Mar-16	1,319.08	642.19	702.01	398.66	1,101.41
Apr-16	1,319.60	650.11	701.45	405.05	1,125.94
May-16	1,318.96	657.88	701.82	411.96	1,135.22
Jun-16	1,325.24	664.82	703.68	419.00	1,145.68
Jul-16	1,327.49	675.75	705.21	421.81	1,170.17
Aug-16	1,326.32	687.69	706.31	422.00	1,178.61
Sep-16	1,339.15	694.33	706.84	427.57	1,183.97
Oct-16	1,338.00	699.68	711.19	430.96	1,193.73
Nov-16	1,340.29	708.25	711.59	428.39	1,202.92
Dec-16	1,345.20	716.54	715.55	429.78	1,208.25
Jan-17	1,344.10	723.51	717.74	433.51	1,259.83
Feb-17	1,347.73	728.73	723.78	429.42	1,228.25
Mar-17	1,351.38	733.54	715.20	428.41	1,236.72
Apr-17	1,352.52	747.83	725.84	430.32	1,240.63
May-17	1,353.36	751.27	726.04	432.80	1,248.75
Jun-17	1,352.94	759.41	726.41	432.01	1,259.07
Jul-17	1,354.15	763.12	724.28	431.22	1,289.11
Aug-17	1,357.79	762.31	722.91	436.52	1,311.11
Sep-17	1,348.25	764.67	720.46	432.64	1,326.41
Oct-17	1,357.66	768.84	717.98	437.08	1,340.51
Nov-17	1,362.64	775.60	725.28	439.11	1,344.77
Dec-17	1,359.52	780.57	732.88	432.97	1,356.89
Jan-18	1,360.20	790.92	736.46	429.75	1,308.34
Feb-18	1,361.32	797.77	734.16	434.91	1,392.32
Mar-18	1,368.31	800.83	746.08	439.03	1,403.68
Apr-18	1,364.40	792.93	741.69	433.53	1,411.13
May-18	1,367.04	791.00	742.98	433.44	1,420.56
Jun-18	1,371.37	787.70	742.60	432.78	1,421.54
Jul-18	1,372.58	785.78	741.24	434.71	1,425.22
Aug-18	1,381.47	784.33	741.84	435.81	1,425.91
Sep-18	1,384.46	782.59	743.97	436.35	1,425.86
Oct-18	1,381.70	783.51	746.69	436.36	1,426.78
Nov-18	1,384.48	783.75	739.95	441.64	1,428.34
Dec-18	1,384.99	789.11	733.45	447.97	1,432.14
Jan-19	1,389.27	786.84	731.25	450.66	1,456.67
Feb-19	1,397.79	787.05	731.18	450.28	1,435.55
Mar-19	1,391.69	795.85	714.43	448.74	1,437.43
Apr-19	1,399.67	799.38	720.65	449.76	1,424.41
May-19	1,409.65	807.52	719.08	453.50	1,429.57
Jun-19	1,407.24	811.98	718.58	464.85	1,432.89
Jul-19	1,408.11	816.20	718.68	468.05	1,429.78
Aug-19	1,408.19	820.14	716.31	475.12	1,441.00
Sep-19	1,408.16	821.21	714.31	477.35	1,442.34
Oct-19	1,414.04	819.72	714.42	481.24	1,443.73
Nov-19	1,417.13	818.98	715.15	480.39	1,442.21
Dec-19	1,433.78	817.98	715.83	478.51	1,438.67
Jan-20	1,438.16	820.90	713.93	479.64	1,452.42
Feb-20	1,433.80	815.03	713.35	471.49	1,267.48
Mar-20	1,372.06	760.19	678.70	445.91	1,171.05
Apr-20	1,253.21	699.53	619.69	416.11	1,074.86
May-20	1,136.88	643.44	590.05	374.60	980.26
Jun-20	1,028.41	581.46	562.33	315.73	899.76
Jul-20	895.28	520.47	523.43	281.84	749.49
Aug-20	770.94	468.94	487.62	237.77	621.38
Sep-20	644.30	421.18	446.75	201.69	522.59
Oct-20	502.23	361.68	386.48	162.49	420.22
Nov-20	383.47	287.59	318.44	114.14	319.17
Dec-20	242.46	188.69	200.79	58.31	207.70
Jan-21	146.98	119.03	129.44	39.24	51.47
Feb-21	60.63	41.36	45.31	15.42	30.38
Mar-21	14.51	8.13	6.76	2.71	2.69
Apr-21	30.45	8.83	7.28	2.89	2.96
May-21	57.76	9.48	7.80	3.36	3.22
Jun-21	83.71	10.20	8.11	3.86	3.40

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(a) Top 5 source countries based on year ending June 2020.
(b) Includes United Kingdom, Channel Islands and Isle of Man.
(c) Excludes SARs and Taiwan.

Among the top 10 source countries, there was strong growth from Asian countries over the last decade. Recent declines for these countries are due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

11.4 Short-term visitor arrivals, Australia — Top 10 source countries(a) — 2020-21
Country of Residence	'000	2019-20 to 2020-21 change ('000)	2010-11 to 2020-21 change ('000)
New Zealand	83.71	-944.71	-1,091.82
USA	10.2	-571.26	-465.54
UK(b)	8.11	-554.22	-653.16
Singapore	3.86	-311.87	-264.62
China(c)	3.4	-896.35	-494.98
India	3.22	-281.63	-141.93
Vanuatu	2.73	-9.8	-7.26
Philippines	2.58	-102.65	-58.79
Hong Kong	2.2	-225.19	-155.02
Tonga	2	-6.67	-5.52

(a) Top 10 source countries based on year ending June 2021.
(b) Includes United Kingdom, Channel Islands and Isle of Man.
(c) Excludes SARs and Taiwan.

State or territory of stay

All travellers are asked their intended address in Australia upon arrival.

Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, a number of state borders and airports have been closed to international visitors at different times.

In July 2020 National Cabinet agreed that all international passenger flight arrivals would be coordinated by the Commonwealth Government. This meant that the number of arrivals at each international airport was subject to caps agreed upon between federal and state and territory governments. For example, as part of this national coordinated approach, all international passenger flights into Victoria were cancelled from this time until 7 December 2020.

The proportion of short-term visitor arrivals by intended state or territory in 2020-21 were as follows:

NSW (47.6% of all short-term visitors)
Vic. (13.6%)
Qld (25.0%)
SA (2.5%)
WA (7.5%)
Tas. (1.3%)
NT (1.1%)
ACT (1.2%).

All states recorded growth in international visitors in the ten year period up to early 2020. In comparison, the territories experienced fluctuations in visitor numbers, particularly the Northern Territory. All states and territories observed a considerable drop in visitor numbers in 2020-21.

11.5 Short-term visitor arrivals, Australia — State/Territory of Stay — 2010-11 and 2020-21
	2010-11 (M)	2020-21 (M)
NSW	2.24	0.07
Vic.	1.27	0.02
Qld	1.45	0.04
SA	0.16	0.00
WA	0.61	0.01
Tas.	0.04	0.00
NT	0.07	0.00
ACT	0.06	0.00

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At the state and territory level, the mix of source countries varies from that at the national level. During 2020-21:

Due to the trans-Tasman travel bubble, New Zealand provided the most visitors to all states except the NT
The USA was the largest provider of visitors to the NT

Ten years earlier in 2010-11, New Zealand was the leading source country for NSW, Vic., Qld, SA, and Tas. However, the USA was the leading source country for the NT and ACT, and the UK was the leading source country for WA.

Age and sex

There were more visits to Australia by men than women in 2020-21 (84,130 men compared with 66,750 women). The same was true in 2010-11 (3.0 million men and 2.9 million women).

In 2020-21 male visitors had a median age of 40 years, whereas female visitors had a median age of 41 years. The largest group of visitor arrivals was aged between 25 and 29 years, with the largest source country for this age group being New Zealand.

11.6 Short-term visitor arrivals, Australia — Age and Sex — 2020-21
Age	Male ('000)	Female ('000)
0	0.87	0.85
1	0.69	0.67
2	0.47	0.45
3	0.47	0.44
4	0.44	0.42
5	0.36	0.38
6	0.36	0.32
7	0.33	0.37
8	0.33	0.34
9	0.34	0.35
10	0.32	0.33
11	0.29	0.33
12	0.28	0.33
13	0.29	0.32
14	0.31	0.37
15	0.31	0.33
16	0.31	0.40
17	0.37	0.39
18	0.52	0.51
19	0.66	0.63
20	0.86	0.68
21	1.06	0.78
22	1.17	0.85
23	1.28	1.08
24	1.62	1.20
25	1.66	1.35
26	1.84	1.59
27	1.87	1.56
28	1.96	1.53
29	2.03	1.49
30	2.12	1.61
31	2.06	1.41
32	1.91	1.33
33	1.90	1.24
34	1.91	1.13
35	1.77	1.07
36	1.77	1.03
37	1.69	0.98
38	1.65	0.93
39	1.58	0.85
40	1.60	0.89
41	1.48	0.78
42	1.42	0.78
43	1.41	0.75
44	1.40	0.75
45	1.40	0.79
46	1.43	0.80
47	1.44	0.84
48	1.50	0.87
49	1.48	0.95
50	1.42	1.01
51	1.47	1.02
52	1.38	1.09
53	1.42	1.11
54	1.26	1.09
55	1.39	1.13
56	1.30	1.19
57	1.43	1.19
58	1.34	1.21
59	1.33	1.35
60	1.17	1.30
61	1.15	1.23
62	1.15	1.29
63	1.06	1.16
64	0.92	1.11
65	0.99	1.15
66	0.95	1.04
67	0.87	0.92
68	0.74	0.86
69	0.69	0.75
70	0.70	0.63
71	0.56	0.59
72	0.50	0.50
73	0.44	0.47
74	0.38	0.36
75	0.27	0.29
76	0.23	0.24
77	0.22	0.17
78	0.15	0.17
79	0.14	0.14
80	0.12	0.11
81	0.10	0.09
82	0.06	0.07
83	0.04	0.07
84	0.04	0.05
85	0.03	0.03
86	0.03	0.03
87	0.02	0.03
88	0.02	0.01
89	0.01	0.01
90	0.01	0.01
91	0.01	0.01
92	0.01	0.00
93	0.00	0.00
94	0.00	0.00
95	0.00	0.00
96	0.00	0.00
97	0.00	0.00
98	0.00	0.00
99	0.00	0.00
100+	0.00	0.00

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Main reason for journey

In 2020-21, the most frequently stated main reason for journey by short-term visitors to Australia was:

Visiting friends/relatives (54.1%)
Business (12.1%)
Employment (11.1%)

11.7 Short-term visitor arrivals, Australia — Main reason for journey(a) — 2019-20 and 2020-21
	2019-20 (%)	2020-21 (%)
Visiting friends/relatives	30.9	54.1
Business	6.7	12.1
Employment	2.5	11.1
Holiday	46.3	8.9
Education	6.9	1.8
Convention/conference	3.4	0.8
Exhibition	0.2	0.1
Other	3.2	11.0

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(a) As a percentage of all short-term visitor arrivals.

Female visitors were more likely than males to record their main reason for journey as:

Visiting friends or relatives
Holiday
Education.

Male visitors were more likely than females to record their main reason for journey as:

Business
Employment
Other.

During the pandemic and associated travel restrictions there has been an increase in travellers recording 'Other' as their main reason for journey.

11.8 Short-term visitor arrivals, Australia — Main reason for journey and Sex — 2020-21
	Males (%)	Females (%)
Visiting friends/relatives	43.0	68.2
Business	17.6	5.1
Employment	15.4	5.8
Holiday	8.4	9.6
Education	1.5	2.2
Convention/conference	1.0	0.7
Exhibition	0.1	0.1
Other	13.0	8.5
Total	100.0	100.0

Duration of stay

Visitors are asked their intended duration in Australia upon arrival.

During 2020-21, the median duration of stay in Australia had increased to 27 days from 12 days the year before. This is due to the impact of COVID-19 on travel behaviour and a much smaller volume of travellers making the data more volatile. The median duration varied between the states and territories and between the numerous source countries. It also varied depending on a traveller's main reason for journey.

In 2020-21, the median duration of days for those visiting the NT was 91 days (or 3 months as recorded on the passenger card), whereas for Qld it was 14 days. Those from Vanuatu and Tonga (with a median duration of stay of 9 months) stated much longer intended durations of stay than most others, but this also varied between the states and territories. Many of these visitors were seasonal workers. Those from New Zealand only visited for 11 days on average, but this was up from 7 days recorded from the year before.

11.9 Short-term visitor arrivals, Australia — Top 10 source countries(a) by State/Territory of stay — Median duration of stay (days) — 2020-21
	NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.	NT	ACT	Aust.(b)
Vanuatu	274	274	244	274	274	274	274	61	274
Tonga	274	183	274	274	244	274	102	213	274
China(c)	92	92	91	92	92	182	149	92	92
India	91	92	13	92	16	92	21	92	62
UK(d)	62	62	62	91	68	67	90	62	62
Hong Kong	62	91	62	62	61	183	91	43	62
USA	61	61	61	61	61	62	182	61	61
Singapore	61	61	61	50	62	65	92	55	61
Philippines	31	91	15	91	15	15	91	91	30
New Zealand	10	11	10	14	16	10	22	11	11
All countries	29	31	14	55	40	53	91	35	27

(a) Top 10 source countries have been calculated at the Australia level.
(b) Includes Other Territories.
(c) Excludes SARs and Taiwan.
(d) Includes United Kingdom, Channel Islands and Isle of Man.

The median duration of stay of short-term visitors to Australia varied according to reason for journey:

Those travelling for education and employment (both 152 days) stayed the longest
Business and Exhibition (30 days)
Visiting friends/relatives (21 days)
Those travelling for a holiday or a convention/conference stayed the shortest (10 and 6 days respectively).

Arrivals - international students

Compares international student arrivals each month by visa type for each state and territory and nationally. It includes both those whose intended duration is short-term (less than 1 year) or long-term (1 year or more). The additional information is being provided during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Australia

In September 2021 there were 120 international student arrivals to Australia, an increase of 30 students compared with the corresponding month of the previous year.
September 2021 arrivals decreased 99.7% when compared with pre-COVID levels in September 2019.

12.1 Arrivals - International Students(a), Australia
Student visa	Sep 2020	Sep 2021
Higher Educ.	50	30
Vocational Educ. & Training	10	10
Schools	0	10
Independent ELICOS(b)	0	0
Postgraduate Research	20	70
Students Other	0	0

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(a) International student visa holders whether it be for a short-term (less than 1 year) or long-term (1 year or more) duration.
This is not the same as when a traveller self reports 'education' as their main reason for journey.
(b) English Language Intensive Courses for Overseas Students.

New South Wales

In September 2021 there were 80 international student arrivals to New South Wales, an increase of 50 students compared with the corresponding month of the previous year.
September 2021 arrivals decreased 99.6% when compared with pre-COVID levels in September 2019.

Due to volatility in the very small number of movements caused by COVID-19, no further analysis has been undertaken.

Victoria

In September 2021 there were 20 international student arrivals to Victoria, an increase of 10 students compared with the corresponding month of the previous year.
September 2021 arrivals decreased 99.8% when compared with pre-COVID levels in September 2019.

Due to volatility in the very small number of movements caused by COVID-19, no further analysis has been undertaken.

Queensland

In September 2021 there were 0 international student arrivals to Queensland, a decrease of 10 students compared with the corresponding month of the previous year.
September 2021 arrivals decreased 99.9% when compared with pre-COVID levels in September 2019.

Due to volatility in the very small number of movements caused by COVID-19, no further analysis has been undertaken.

South Australia

In September 2021 there were 0 international student arrivals to South Australia, the same as the corresponding month of the previous year.

Due to volatility in the very small number of movements caused by COVID-19, no further analysis has been undertaken.

Western Australia

In September 2021 there were 0 international student arrivals to Western Australia, the same as the corresponding month of the previous year.

Due to volatility in the very small number of movements caused by COVID-19, no further analysis has been undertaken.

Tasmania

In September 2021 there were 0 international student arrivals to Tasmania, the same as the corresponding month of the previous year.

Due to volatility in the very small number of movements caused by COVID-19, no further analysis has been undertaken.

Northern Territory

In September 2021 there were 0 international student arrivals to the Northern Territory, the same as the corresponding month of the previous year.

Due to volatility in the very small number of movements caused by COVID-19, no further analysis has been undertaken.

Australian Capital Territory

In September 2021 there were 0 international student arrivals to the Australian Capital Territory, the same as the corresponding month of the previous year.

Due to volatility in the very small number of movements caused by COVID-19, no further analysis has been undertaken.

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 overseas:

A total of 6,020 short-term trips were recorded, a decrease of 2,140 compared with the corresponding month of the previous year.
September 2021 trips decreased 99.4% when compared with pre-COVID levels in September 2019.
The USA was the most popular destination country, accounting for 14% of all resident returns.

13.1 Short-term resident returns
	Short-term resident returns, Aust. ('000)
Sep 2011	696.05
Oct 2011	835.65
Nov 2011	584.32
Dec 2011	502.38
Jan 2012	951.79
Feb 2012	577.27
Mar 2012	553.07
Apr 2012	674.40
May 2012	575.63
Jun 2012	622.27
Jul 2012	853.35
Aug 2012	647.88
Sep 2012	720.11
Oct 2012	877.76
Nov 2012	610.43
Dec 2012	542.01
Jan 2013	999.42
Feb 2013	558.78
Mar 2013	585.70
Apr 2013	709.33
May 2013	637.28
Jun 2013	659.14
Jul 2013	902.24
Aug 2013	716.06
Sep 2013	775.68
Oct 2013	933.68
Nov 2013	655.29
Dec 2013	577.00
Jan 2014	1,098.01
Feb 2014	612.77
Mar 2014	622.41
Apr 2014	751.65
May 2014	669.20
Jun 2014	672.75
Jul 2014	930.60
Aug 2014	765.06
Sep 2014	808.46
Oct 2014	934.74
Nov 2014	684.51
Dec 2014	588.94
Jan 2015	1,150.24
Feb 2015	607.29
Mar 2015	646.25
Apr 2015	763.58
May 2015	684.92
Jun 2015	697.89
Jul 2015	940.49
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	41.80
Aug 2021	10.31
Sep 2021	6.02

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Destination countries

The three leading destination countries residents returned from were:

The USA (870 trips)
The UK (590)
Japan (500).

Details

13.2 Short-term resident returns, Australia - Top 10 destination countries(a)
Country of Stay	Sep 2020	Sep 2021
USA	750	870
UK(b)	1,080	590
Japan	130	500
PNG	390	350
India	440	250
New Zealand	940	230
China(c)	500	220
Pakistan	70	190
Unit Arab Emir	170	140
France	120	120

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(a) Top 10 destination countries based on month ending September 2021.
(b) Includes United Kingdom, Channel Islands and Isle of Man.
(c) Excludes SARs and Taiwan.

13.3 Short-term resident returns - Top 10 destination countries(a)
Country of Stay	Sep 2019 (no.)	Sep 2020 (no.)	Aug 2021 (no.)	Sep 2021 (no.)	Aug 2021 to Sep 2021 change
USA	95,180	750	600	870	270
UK(b)	73,830	1,080	560	590	30
Japan	30,860	130	1,190	500	-690
PNG	8,060	390	300	350	40
India	22,950	440	420	250	-160
New Zealand	110,950	940	4,270	230	-4,040
China(c)	46,650	500	250	220	-30
Pakistan	2,220	70	130	190	70
Unit Arab Emir	4,310	170	80	140	60
France	16,460	120	70	120	50

(a) Top 10 destination countries based on month ending September 2021.
(b) Includes United Kingdom, Channel Islands and Isle of Man.
(c) Excludes SARs and Taiwan.

State or territory of residence

All travellers are asked their intended address in Australia upon arrival. For September 2021, the highest number of resident returns were observed for New South Wales (4,150) whilst Tasmania recorded the fewest (30).

Details

Image

13.4 Short-term resident returns, State or territory of residence - September 2021

13.4 Short-term resident returns, State or territory of stay - September 2021

Description

13.4 Short-term resident returns, State or territory of residence - September 2021

Data is shown in Table 13.5 below

13.5 Short-term resident returns, State or territory of residence
State or territory of residence	Sep 2019 (no.)	Sep 2020 (no.)	Aug 2021 (no.)	Sep 2021 (no.)	Aug 2021 to Sep 2021 change
NSW	318,840	4,550	6,920	4,150	-2,770
Vic.	292,550	1,080	950	600	-350
Qld	176,460	1,220	1,190	600	-590
SA	47,780	260	160	120	-40
WA	120,110	750	850	340	-510
Tas.	11,120	60	60	30	-30
NT	8,000	70	40	80	40
ACT	17,760	180	140	110	-30
Australia(a)	992,820	8,170	10,310	6,020	-4,290

(a) Includes Other Territories.

Resident returns - short-term - Financial year 2020-21

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

Effects of COVID-19 outbreak

Australian residents returning to Australia in 2020-21:

There were 223,830 resident returns from overseas, down 97.4% on the previous year and the lowest since 1996
New Zealand continued to be the leading destination country for Australians travelling overseas, accounting for 122,740 trips nationally
The main reason for travel was 'visiting friends/relatives' (52.7%)
Nationally, the median duration away was 29 days.

Annual resident returns

There were 223,830 resident trips overseas in 2020-21. This was down 97.4% on the previous year with 8.3 million fewer trips taken. This was the lowest annual number of resident trips since 1996.

The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in substantial declines in travel movements since the introduction of border restrictions in March 2020.

14.1 Short-term resident returns by month
2020-21	'000	Change ('000)
Jul	10.28	-1,112.31
Aug	8.07	-922.90
Sep	8.17	-984.65
Oct	11.17	-1,134.81
Nov	13.00	-836.79
Dec	14.30	-735.36
Jan	11.35	-1,386.07
Feb	8.39	-777.00
Mar	9.25	-529.11
Apr	16.99	-0.06
May	62.36	48.98
Jun	50.49	34.74
Annual Total	223.83	-8,335.34

(a) Numerical change when compared to the same period of the previous year

Australian residents travelling overseas have generally been increasing over recent decades, with a number of decreases observed over time due to various historical events (as seen in graph 14.2 below) such as the:

Early 1990s recession in Australia
September 11 terrorist attacks in 2001
Bali bombings in 2002
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) outbreak in 2003
Global Financial Crisis (GFC) in 2008

However, due to the impact of COVID-19, a substantial decline has been observed from March 2020 onwards. Prior to the pandemic, there were 11.4 million resident trips overseas in the year ending February 2020.

14.2 Short-term resident returns, Australia — year ending up to June 2021
	Short-term resident returns (M)
Jun-81	1.19
Jul-81	1.19
Aug-81	1.18
Sep-81	1.18
Oct-81	1.18
Nov-81	1.18
Dec-81	1.18
Jan-82	1.19
Feb-82	1.19
Mar-82	1.19
Apr-82	1.20
May-82	1.20
Jun-82	1.20
Jul-82	1.22
Aug-82	1.23
Sep-82	1.25
Oct-82	1.26
Nov-82	1.26
Dec-82	1.26
Jan-83	1.26
Feb-83	1.26
Mar-83	1.25
Apr-83	1.25
May-83	1.25
Jun-83	1.24
Jul-83	1.23
Aug-83	1.22
Sep-83	1.22
Oct-83	1.22
Nov-83	1.22
Dec-83	1.22
Jan-84	1.23
Feb-84	1.23
Mar-84	1.23
Apr-84	1.24
May-84	1.25
Jun-84	1.26
Jul-84	1.27
Aug-84	1.29
Sep-84	1.32
Oct-84	1.34
Nov-84	1.36
Dec-84	1.37
Jan-85	1.40
Feb-85	1.41
Mar-85	1.43
Apr-85	1.44
May-85	1.44
Jun-85	1.46
Jul-85	1.47
Aug-85	1.49
Sep-85	1.49
Oct-85	1.50
Nov-85	1.50
Dec-85	1.49
Jan-86	1.50
Feb-86	1.49
Mar-86	1.49
Apr-86	1.49
May-86	1.49
Jun-86	1.49
Jul-86	1.49
Aug-86	1.50
Sep-86	1.50
Oct-86	1.50
Nov-86	1.51
Dec-86	1.51
Jan-87	1.51
Feb-87	1.52
Mar-87	1.53
Apr-87	1.54
May-87	1.53
Jun-87	1.52
Jul-87	1.55
Aug-87	1.55
Sep-87	1.54
Oct-87	1.58
Nov-87	1.58
Dec-87	1.59
Jan-88	1.60
Feb-88	1.60
Mar-88	1.60
Apr-88	1.61
May-88	1.61
Jun-88	1.62
Jul-88	1.62
Aug-88	1.61
Sep-88	1.61
Oct-88	1.62
Nov-88	1.63
Dec-88	1.64
Jan-89	1.66
Feb-89	1.68
Mar-89	1.71
Apr-89	1.73
May-89	1.74
Jun-89	1.76
Jul-89	1.80
Aug-89	1.82
Sep-89	1.85
Oct-89	1.88
Nov-89	1.90
Dec-89	1.91
Jan-90	1.94
Feb-90	1.97
Mar-90	1.98
Apr-90	1.99
May-90	2.02
Jun-90	2.03
Jul-90	2.04
Aug-90	2.06
Sep-90	2.08
Oct-90	2.09
Nov-90	2.10
Dec-90	2.11
Jan-91	2.12
Feb-91	2.10
Mar-91	2.10
Apr-91	2.07
May-91	2.05
Jun-91	2.05
Jul-91	2.04
Aug-91	2.03
Sep-91	2.01
Oct-91	2.00
Nov-91	2.01
Dec-91	2.01
Jan-92	2.01
Feb-92	2.02
Mar-92	2.02
Apr-92	2.05
May-92	2.07
Jun-92	2.07
Jul-92	2.10
Aug-92	2.12
Sep-92	2.14
Oct-92	2.16
Nov-92	2.16
Dec-92	2.17
Jan-93	2.18
Feb-93	2.20
Mar-93	2.20
Apr-93	2.21
May-93	2.21
Jun-93	2.22
Jul-93	2.22
Aug-93	2.22
Sep-93	2.22
Oct-93	2.22
Nov-93	2.22
Dec-93	2.22
Jan-94	2.22
Feb-94	2.21
Mar-94	2.23
Apr-94	2.23
May-94	2.24
Jun-94	2.25
Jul-94	2.26
Aug-94	2.27
Sep-94	2.28
Oct-94	2.28
Nov-94	2.29
Dec-94	2.30
Jan-95	2.31
Feb-95	2.33
Mar-95	2.34
Apr-95	2.35
May-95	2.37
Jun-95	2.39
Jul-95	2.39
Aug-95	2.41
Sep-95	2.42
Oct-95	2.44
Nov-95	2.46
Dec-95	2.47
Jan-96	2.50
Feb-96	2.51
Mar-96	2.53
Apr-96	2.55
May-96	2.55
Jun-96	2.57
Jul-96	2.58
Aug-96	2.61
Sep-96	2.63
Oct-96	2.66
Nov-96	2.68
Dec-96	2.70
Jan-97	2.71
Feb-97	2.72
Mar-97	2.75
Apr-97	2.75
May-97	2.76
Jun-97	2.79
Jul-97	2.81
Aug-97	2.83
Sep-97	2.85
Oct-97	2.87
Nov-97	2.89
Dec-97	2.90
Jan-98	2.90
Feb-98	2.93
Mar-98	2.94
Apr-98	2.97
May-98	3.00
Jun-98	3.02
Jul-98	3.03
Aug-98	3.06
Sep-98	3.07
Oct-98	3.10
Nov-98	3.12
Dec-98	3.14
Jan-99	3.18
Feb-99	3.18
Mar-99	3.19
Apr-99	3.20
May-99	3.20
Jun-99	3.19
Jul-99	3.21
Aug-99	3.21
Sep-99	3.22
Oct-99	3.22
Nov-99	3.22
Dec-99	3.23
Jan-00	3.21
Feb-00	3.23
Mar-00	3.23
Apr-00	3.26
May-00	3.28
Jun-00	3.30
Jul-00	3.32
Aug-00	3.33
Sep-00	3.36
Oct-00	3.37
Nov-00	3.40
Dec-00	3.42
Jan-01	3.48
Feb-01	3.50
Mar-01	3.52
Apr-01	3.53
May-01	3.53
Jun-01	3.54
Jul-01	3.56
Aug-01	3.57
Sep-01	3.55
Oct-01	3.53
Nov-01	3.48
Dec-01	3.45
Jan-02	3.40
Feb-02	3.37
Mar-02	3.37
Apr-02	3.35
May-02	3.35
Jun-02	3.34
Jul-02	3.34
Aug-02	3.34
Sep-02	3.34
Oct-02	3.36
Nov-02	3.39
Dec-02	3.39
Jan-03	3.43
Feb-03	3.44
Mar-03	3.44
Apr-03	3.40
May-03	3.36
Jun-03	3.31
Jul-03	3.28
Aug-03	3.27
Sep-03	3.28
Oct-03	3.28
Nov-03	3.30
Dec-03	3.33
Jan-04	3.40
Feb-04	3.46
Mar-04	3.50
Apr-04	3.61
May-04	3.71
Jun-04	3.81
Jul-04	3.93
Aug-04	4.00
Sep-04	4.07
Oct-04	4.17
Nov-04	4.23
Dec-04	4.28
Jan-05	4.38
Feb-05	4.39
Mar-05	4.44
Apr-05	4.47
May-05	4.50
Jun-05	4.54
Jul-05	4.59
Aug-05	4.62
Sep-05	4.68
Oct-05	4.70
Nov-05	4.71
Dec-05	4.72
Jan-06	4.74
Feb-06	4.76
Mar-06	4.75
Apr-06	4.76
May-06	4.78
Jun-06	4.79
Jul-06	4.81
Aug-06	4.82
Sep-06	4.82
Oct-06	4.85
Nov-06	4.88
Dec-06	4.90
Jan-07	4.94
Feb-07	4.95
Mar-07	4.99
Apr-07	5.05
May-07	5.08
Jun-07	5.11
Jul-07	5.15
Aug-07	5.20
Sep-07	5.24
Oct-07	5.31
Nov-07	5.37
Dec-07	5.41
Jan-08	5.49
Feb-08	5.55
Mar-08	5.60
Apr-08	5.63
May-08	5.67
Jun-08	5.72
Jul-08	5.74
Aug-08	5.78
Sep-08	5.81
Oct-08	5.83
Nov-08	5.84
Dec-08	5.84
Jan-09	5.85
Feb-09	5.84
Mar-09	5.82
Apr-09	5.84
May-09	5.86
Jun-09	5.86
Jul-09	5.91
Aug-09	5.97
Sep-09	6.02
Oct-09	6.09
Nov-09	6.15
Dec-09	6.23
Jan-10	6.35
Feb-10	6.40
Mar-10	6.47
Apr-10	6.56
May-10	6.61
Jun-10	6.68
Jul-10	6.80
Aug-10	6.84
Sep-10	6.91
Oct-10	7.00
Nov-10	7.03
Dec-10	7.06
Jan-11	7.14
Feb-11	7.20
Mar-11	7.23
Apr-11	7.27
May-11	7.38
Jun-11	7.42
Jul-11	7.50
Aug-11	7.55
Sep-11	7.61
Oct-11	7.68
Nov-11	7.73
Dec-11	7.77
Jan-12	7.81
Feb-12	7.87
Mar-12	7.91
Apr-12	7.99
May-12	7.96
Jun-12	8.02
Jul-12	8.06
Aug-12	8.07
Sep-12	8.10
Oct-12	8.14
Nov-12	8.17
Dec-12	8.21
Jan-13	8.25
Feb-13	8.24
Mar-13	8.27
Apr-13	8.30
May-13	8.36
Jun-13	8.40
Jul-13	8.45
Aug-13	8.52
Sep-13	8.57
Oct-13	8.63
Nov-13	8.67
Dec-13	8.71
Jan-14	8.81
Feb-14	8.86
Mar-14	8.90
Apr-14	8.94
May-14	8.97
Jun-14	8.99
Jul-14	9.02
Aug-14	9.06
Sep-14	9.10
Oct-14	9.10
Nov-14	9.13
Dec-14	9.14
Jan-15	9.19
Feb-15	9.19
Mar-15	9.21
Apr-15	9.22
May-15	9.24
Jun-15	9.26
Jul-15	9.27
Aug-15	9.30
Sep-15	9.32
Oct-15	9.36
Nov-15	9.38
Dec-15	9.42
Jan-16	9.48
Feb-16	9.54
Mar-16	9.56
Apr-16	9.61
May-16	9.64
Jun-16	9.67
Jul-16	9.75
Aug-16	9.78
Sep-16	9.83
Oct-16	9.88
Nov-16	9.92
Dec-16	9.97
Jan-17	10.02
Feb-17	10.09
Mar-17	10.12
Apr-17	10.20
May-17	10.26
Jun-17	10.30
Jul-17	10.34
Aug-17	10.38
Sep-17	10.45
Oct-17	10.50
Nov-17	10.54
Dec-17	10.54
Jan-18	10.61
Feb-18	10.58
Mar-18	10.63
Apr-18	10.67
May-18	10.71
Jun-18	10.76
Jul-18	10.82
Aug-18	10.88
Sep-18	10.90
Oct-18	10.97
Nov-18	11.01
Dec-18	11.06
Jan-19	11.12
Feb-19	11.15
Mar-19	11.17
Apr-19	11.15
May-19	11.20
Jun-19	11.23
Jul-19	11.22
Aug-19	11.24
Sep-19	11.25
Oct-19	11.25
Nov-19	11.29
Dec-19	11.31
Jan-20	11.31
Feb-20	11.35
Mar-20	11.14
Apr-20	10.24
May-20	9.39
Jun-20	8.56
Jul-20	7.45
Aug-20	6.52
Sep-20	5.54
Oct-20	4.40
Nov-20	3.57
Dec-20	2.83
Jan-21	1.45
Feb-21	0.67
Mar-21	0.14
Apr-21	0.14
May-21	0.19
Jun-21	0.22

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Events impacting short-term resident returns include:

1990: Recession
2001: September 11 attacks
2002: Bali bombings
2003: Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) outbreak
2008: Global Financial Crisis (GFC)
2020: COVID-19 outbreak from February onwards

Destination countries

In 2020-21:

Short-term resident returns for all top 5 destination countries continue to be low due to the impact of COVID-19
New Zealand (122,740 trips) was the leading destination country
The USA (10,590) was the second most popular destination
The UK (10,440) was the third leading destination.

14.3 Short-term resident returns, Australia — Top 5 destination countries(a) — year ending up to June 2021
	New Zealand ('000)	USA ('000)	UK(b) ('000)	India ('000)	China(c) ('000)
Jun-11	1,060.09	763.89	496.36	176.47	354.62
Jul-11	1,053.14	776.61	506.14	176.42	354.00
Aug-11	1,052.34	782.97	509.27	178.25	353.23
Sep-11	1,061.88	796.00	511.35	178.53	353.53
Oct-11	1,075.78	807.42	513.91	181.41	350.71
Nov-11	1,083.22	812.83	515.02	186.97	354.17
Dec-11	1,088.30	815.54	516.48	189.14	356.15
Jan-12	1,095.39	826.35	520.43	191.09	360.35
Feb-12	1,097.02	831.30	522.17	197.37	367.31
Mar-12	1,096.94	836.14	521.24	198.57	368.35
Apr-12	1,100.19	843.94	527.44	205.17	373.55
May-12	1,092.42	840.78	525.11	205.86	367.90
Jun-12	1,103.06	842.77	532.82	208.51	369.18
Jul-12	1,109.64	843.38	524.25	212.07	369.96
Aug-12	1,112.98	847.03	520.03	212.52	370.75
Sep-12	1,108.25	851.15	512.72	213.51	370.49
Oct-12	1,102.63	866.63	513.71	213.15	373.17
Nov-12	1,103.83	869.30	517.27	212.71	372.27
Dec-12	1,106.63	878.74	519.32	216.72	373.64
Jan-13	1,100.64	886.30	527.28	221.82	373.29
Feb-13	1,097.42	887.48	525.46	223.37	366.37
Mar-13	1,106.03	892.60	526.33	224.62	369.94
Apr-13	1,116.63	896.65	522.36	225.02	372.85
May-13	1,125.59	911.11	526.29	227.20	377.05
Jun-13	1,126.35	921.01	526.49	229.07	380.27
Jul-13	1,134.55	934.08	535.67	229.57	383.23
Aug-13	1,137.24	946.97	550.53	230.83	384.03
Sep-13	1,141.65	958.85	560.74	233.37	386.34
Oct-13	1,142.63	962.09	565.40	236.02	388.25
Nov-13	1,148.95	968.78	562.14	239.96	389.68
Dec-13	1,161.53	972.02	563.16	239.65	389.99
Jan-14	1,168.27	977.48	568.03	245.40	390.90
Feb-14	1,179.95	975.64	569.78	249.97	399.35
Mar-14	1,183.58	974.08	569.43	255.35	398.44
Apr-14	1,182.81	973.93	571.12	255.87	395.67
May-14	1,180.44	975.10	568.47	257.98	399.30
Jun-14	1,185.56	970.23	564.31	258.35	398.31
Jul-14	1,185.77	968.82	567.86	258.01	395.83
Aug-14	1,190.02	966.42	570.72	258.70	397.27
Sep-14	1,189.06	961.13	573.91	258.49	395.80
Oct-14	1,187.04	963.22	568.15	260.81	395.01
Nov-14	1,194.03	972.40	566.18	262.69	396.81
Dec-14	1,192.09	974.34	563.93	260.80	399.94
Jan-15	1,202.28	981.28	565.64	268.73	405.92
Feb-15	1,205.37	989.53	565.57	270.58	396.17
Mar-15	1,212.07	996.06	565.99	271.48	400.74
Apr-15	1,213.65	997.98	568.46	274.46	402.84
May-15	1,217.75	996.50	568.41	276.50	402.43
Jun-15	1,224.84	999.44	570.93	276.60	405.21
Jul-15	1,229.79	1,005.92	576.40	278.24	409.03
Aug-15	1,232.45	1,012.98	579.49	281.19	412.32
Sep-15	1,239.82	1,020.61	581.31	280.64	415.55
Oct-15	1,246.59	1,026.57	590.10	280.42	418.70
Nov-15	1,249.66	1,027.60	599.71	279.75	422.80
Dec-15	1,256.51	1,030.75	600.01	285.10	422.71
Jan-16	1,261.98	1,040.16	602.17	288.73	427.24
Feb-16	1,274.17	1,044.08	603.26	294.03	436.52
Mar-16	1,284.37	1,038.53	604.69	297.11	436.04
Apr-16	1,289.34	1,052.65	603.62	301.44	441.21
May-16	1,294.04	1,059.41	601.19	300.84	444.52
Jun-16	1,292.55	1,061.50	600.62	301.25	447.26
Jul-16	1,303.11	1,068.20	597.00	302.84	449.35
Aug-16	1,307.24	1,069.88	590.21	305.44	450.14
Sep-16	1,310.40	1,068.00	590.54	308.89	454.22
Oct-16	1,326.89	1,070.18	584.64	311.32	457.21
Nov-16	1,330.07	1,077.12	580.47	315.84	460.36
Dec-16	1,342.78	1,082.83	586.16	317.21	464.11
Jan-17	1,360.71	1,083.38	593.58	326.56	464.43
Feb-17	1,364.14	1,082.38	595.54	335.09	480.24
Mar-17	1,371.16	1,088.12	597.30	335.45	481.26
Apr-17	1,393.22	1,082.09	602.09	338.37	488.73
May-17	1,404.47	1,084.38	606.97	341.62	499.94
Jun-17	1,411.62	1,086.23	610.88	343.25	505.69
Jul-17	1,416.36	1,086.27	612.97	346.54	511.54
Aug-17	1,420.53	1,087.78	619.20	346.10	514.02
Sep-17	1,427.02	1,092.62	623.14	347.07	520.96
Oct-17	1,427.57	1,085.03	627.54	354.92	530.75
Nov-17	1,436.39	1,076.33	627.85	355.65	536.74
Dec-17	1,435.85	1,074.70	628.46	360.91	541.15
Jan-18	1,433.47	1,074.84	630.45	372.92	556.55
Feb-18	1,432.57	1,072.09	630.93	373.49	542.02
Mar-18	1,429.37	1,070.46	632.65	379.29	553.36
Apr-18	1,422.70	1,074.20	633.37	382.07	559.45
May-18	1,419.96	1,076.12	635.58	383.04	567.60
Jun-18	1,417.76	1,083.20	643.92	383.40	571.91
Jul-18	1,420.19	1,082.29	647.12	384.72	575.23
Aug-18	1,422.18	1,080.55	650.49	387.19	581.35
Sep-18	1,421.05	1,079.27	651.43	391.07	584.74
Oct-18	1,422.42	1,090.28	658.14	389.48	590.37
Nov-18	1,428.28	1,090.77	659.12	393.35	591.02
Dec-18	1,435.45	1,094.69	663.46	392.42	593.32
Jan-19	1,438.68	1,093.82	667.79	397.86	598.58
Feb-19	1,437.34	1,090.72	668.02	407.17	610.58
Mar-19	1,443.19	1,090.81	667.28	409.48	605.33
Apr-19	1,441.47	1,083.48	665.48	407.23	606.45
May-19	1,441.83	1,083.91	669.39	413.12	607.09
Jun-19	1,444.17	1,078.84	667.81	416.30	610.87
Jul-19	1,442.29	1,076.07	668.65	416.77	609.16
Aug-19	1,446.13	1,075.62	668.40	416.72	608.59
Sep-19	1,456.49	1,074.09	666.61	418.54	606.36
Oct-19	1,462.50	1,064.48	664.63	419.35	605.44
Nov-19	1,461.03	1,061.27	666.13	424.04	609.31
Dec-19	1,462.81	1,055.59	663.43	426.11	607.73
Jan-20	1,467.45	1,043.14	665.24	424.48	610.94
Feb-20	1,476.91	1,045.46	665.69	426.58	604.67
Mar-20	1,441.44	1,037.81	672.22	417.25	567.01
Apr-20	1,313.08	957.58	638.08	389.50	503.85
May-20	1,224.28	863.67	591.32	363.79	445.11
Jun-20	1,144.97	778.66	528.01	347.25	396.88
Jul-20	1,022.70	675.81	435.62	326.17	355.42
Aug-20	910.97	592.26	363.92	307.68	320.32
Sep-20	800.96	497.83	291.18	285.17	274.17
Oct-20	677.34	381.72	214.09	256.65	208.44
Nov-20	560.02	304.10	179.64	219.92	156.44
Dec-20	438.67	235.49	146.93	186.18	122.11
Jan-21	238.57	124.03	65.39	98.75	50.26
Feb-21	115.12	64.73	42.33	40.29	10.68
Mar-21	17.57	11.57	12.99	12.53	7.40
Apr-21	26.98	11.26	11.78	10.68	7.36
May-21	81.03	10.99	11.20	8.51	6.94
Jun-21	122.74	10.59	10.44	7.33	5.87

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(a) Top 5 destination countries based on year ending June 2021.
(b) Includes United Kingdom, Channel Islands and Isle of Man.
(c) Excludes SARs and Taiwan.

Among the top 10 destination countries, the strongest growth over the last decade was for Australians visiting Asian countries. Recent declines for these countries are due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

14.4 Short-term resident returns, Australia — Top 10 destination countries(a) — 2020-21
Destination Country	'000	2019-20 to 2020-21 change ('000)	2010-11 to 2020-21 change ('000)
New Zealand	122.74	-1022.23	-937.36
USA	10.59	-768.07	-753.30
UK(b)	10.44	-517.57	-485.92
India	7.33	-339.92	-169.15
China(c)	5.87	-391.01	-348.75
PNG	5.17	-65.84	-73.46
Singapore	3.98	-299.86	-266.92
Hong Kong	3.37	-112.09	-212.24
Indonesia	2.75	-1073.96	-804.32
Pakistan	2.61	-33.20	-12.61

(a) Top 10 destination countries based on year ending June 2021.
(b) Includes United Kingdom, Channel Islands and Isle of Man.
(c) Excludes SARs and Taiwan.

State or territory of residence

All travellers are asked their intended address in Australia upon arrival.

Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, a number of state borders and airports have been closed to international visitors at different times.

The proportion of short-term resident returns by their state or territory of residence in 2020-21 were as follows:

NSW (54.6% of all short-term resident returns)
Vic. (15.9%)
Qld (17.5%)
SA (2.4%)
WA (6.9%)
Tas. (0.7%)
NT (0.4%)
ACT (1.5%).

In 2010-11 the proportions were different especially for the two most populated states, with those travelling overseas from NSW accounting for 35.3% of all visitors and Vic. accounting for 24.5%.

Most states and territories recorded growth in residents taking overseas trips in the ten year period up to early 2020. Western Australia, however, remained flat from 2014 until the impact of the pandemic. While the Northern Territory wavered during the decade and had started to decline in the year before COVID-19. However, there was a considerable drop for all states and territories from March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

14.5 Short-term resident returns, Australia — State/Territory of Stay — 2010-11 and 2020-21
	2010-11 (M)	2020-21 (M)
NSW	2.62	0.12
Vic.	1.82	0.04
Qld	1.28	0.04
SA	0.32	0.01
WA	1.11	0.02
Tas.	0.07	0.00
NT	0.07	0.00
ACT	0.13	0.00

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At the state and territory level, the mix of destination countries is similar to that at the national level. During 2020-21:

New Zealand was the leading destination country for residents of all states due to the trans-Tasman travel bubble.

Ten years earlier in 2010-11, New Zealand was the leading destination for residents of all states and territories except for SA, WA, and the NT (for which Indonesia was the leading destination).

Age and sex

There were more trips taken overseas by Australian men than women in 2020-21 (122,550 men compared with 101,280 women), In 2010-11, there was also more trips taken by men than women (3.9 million men compared with 3.5 million women).

In 2020-21, Australian men and women travelling overseas had a similar median age (41 years and 38 years respectively). Among those aged 20 to 29, women took more trips than men.

14.6 Short-term resident returns, Australia — Age and Sex — 2020-21
Age	Male ('000)	Female ('000)
0	1.18	1.12
1	1.56	1.53
2	0.99	0.97
3	0.98	0.96
4	0.93	0.93
5	0.73	0.70
6	0.62	0.63
7	0.63	0.62
8	0.59	0.64
9	0.56	0.55
10	0.55	0.59
11	0.50	0.56
12	0.51	0.48
13	0.50	0.51
14	0.49	0.51
15	0.47	0.50
16	0.45	0.56
17	0.45	0.43
18	0.66	0.81
19	0.86	1.12
20	0.95	1.12
21	0.94	1.10
22	1.04	1.21
23	1.24	1.40
24	1.47	1.56
25	1.67	1.84
26	1.83	1.94
27	2.06	2.14
28	2.22	2.35
29	2.38	2.46
30	2.64	2.63
31	2.79	2.71
32	2.73	2.52
33	2.78	2.45
34	2.91	2.30
35	2.83	2.23
36	2.88	2.04
37	2.86	1.98
38	2.81	1.85
39	2.67	1.69
40	2.67	1.67
41	2.52	1.56
42	2.35	1.49
43	2.40	1.49
44	2.30	1.47
45	2.37	1.50
46	2.40	1.55
47	2.43	1.60
48	2.66	1.62
49	2.63	1.70
50	2.54	1.74
51	2.47	1.60
52	2.48	1.66
53	2.24	1.69
54	2.28	1.65
55	2.22	1.77
56	2.22	1.77
57	2.13	1.68
58	2.16	1.76
59	1.93	1.59
60	1.84	1.53
61	1.76	1.39
62	1.53	1.34
63	1.44	1.21
64	1.30	1.13
65	1.16	1.05
66	1.03	0.87
67	0.98	0.89
68	0.88	0.78
69	0.76	0.66
70	0.71	0.61
71	0.62	0.50
72	0.54	0.42
73	0.49	0.37
74	0.45	0.36
75	0.35	0.23
76	0.29	0.20
77	0.21	0.16
78	0.18	0.15
79	0.14	0.14
80	0.12	0.11
81	0.11	0.09
82	0.08	0.06
83	0.05	0.05
84	0.05	0.05
85	0.05	0.03
86	0.02	0.03
87	0.01	0.02
88	0.02	0.01
89	0.01	0.01
90	0.01	0.01
91	0.01	0.01
92	0.01	0.01
93	0.00	0.00
94	0.00	0.00
95	0.00	0.00
96	0.00	0.00
97	0.00	0.00
98	0.00	0.00
99	0.00	0.00
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Main reason for journey

In 2020-21, the most frequently stated main reason for journey by Australian residents returning home after a short-term trip was:

Visiting friends/relatives (52.7%)
Employment (11.0%)
Business (10.8%).

14.7 Short-term resident returns, Australia — Reason for Journey(a) — 2019-20 and 2020-21
	2019-20 (%)	2020-21 (%)
Visiting friends/relatives	26.7	52.7
Employment	1.8	11.0
Business	7.4	10.8
Holiday	57.3	10.5
Education	1.3	2.2
Convention/conference	2.4	0.5
Exhibition	0.1	0.1
Other	3.1	12.3

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(a) As a percentage of all short-term resident returns.

Female resident returns were more likely than males to record their main reason for journey as:

Visiting friends/relatives
Other
Holiday

Male resident returns were more likely than females to record their main reason for journey as:

Business
Employment

During the pandemic and associated travel restrictions there has been an increase in travellers recording 'Other' as their main reason for journey.

14.8 Short-term resident returns, Australia — Main reason for journey and Sex — 2020-21
Main reason for journey	Males (%)	Females (%)
Visiting friends/relatives	45.7	61.3
Employment	14.5	6.7
Business	15.5	5.1
Holiday	10.3	10.6
Education	2.0	2.5
Convention/conference	0.5	0.4
Exhibition	0.1	0.1
Other	11.4	13.4
Total	100.0	100.0

Duration of stay

For Australian residents returning from overseas their exact duration away is measured.

During 2020-21, the median duration away for Australians on a short-term trip had increased to 29 days from 15 days the year before. This is due to the impact of COVID-19 on travel behaviour and a much smaller volume of travellers making the data more volatile. The median duration varied between the states and territories and between the numerous destination countries. It also varied greatly depending on a traveller's main reason for journey.

In 2020-21, the median duration away overseas for those from Qld and NSW was 20 and 21 days respectively, whereas for those from ACT it was 86 days. The median duration of stay for those travelling to New Zealand was 9 days, which was shorter than all the other top 10 destinations. Those travelling to China spent the longest time away (193 days).

14.9 Short-term resident returns, Australia — Top 10 destination countries(a) by State/Territory of Residence — Median duration of stay (days) — 2020-21
	NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.	NT	ACT	Aust.(b)
China(c)	197	181	209	204	215	225	255	186	193
Hong Kong	189	182	208	184	161	248	21	212	189
UK(d)	182	167	162	178	156	206	173	156	172
Singapore	178	183	136	148	117	217	58	223	165
Indonesia	153	186	125	134	154	109	197	126	152
USA	154	148	110	170	134	162	85	149	145
India	136	143	150	193	146	192	197	120	143
Pakistan	124	123	120	126	105	291	268	102	122
PNG	80	74	77	71	69	67	71	97	76
New Zealand	8	10	10	10	15	11	18	9	9
All countries	21	57	20	74	75	33	70	86	29

(a) Top 10 source countries have been calculated at the Australia level.
(b) Includes Other Territories.
(c) Excludes SARs and Taiwan.
(d) Includes United Kingdom, Channel Islands and Isle of Man.

The duration of stay of short-term trips by Australian residents going overseas varied according to reason for journey:

Those travelling for education stayed away the longest (203 days)
Employment (114 days)
Exhibition (34 days)
Visiting friends/relatives (17 days)
Business (13 days)

Recent changes

Inclusion of statistics on total arrivals and departures, and provisional estimates

From June 2021, the ABS has updated the layout and statistics available at the beginning of this publication. It now includes statistics in the commentary on total arrivals and total departures (including provisional figures) rather than just a focus on short-term travel. This is due to increased interest in all travel to Australia.

To provide more timely travel data in response to COVID-19, provisional estimates are now included in Graphs 1.1, 1.2 and 1.3. Additional provisional data are available under the Data downloads for State of clearance (Table 13), Country of citizenship (Table 14), and Visa group (Table 15). No further breakdowns of provisional data are available, other than those which appear in this release.

COVID-19 from Feb 2020

In response to the need for additional data and analysis due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the ABS will continue to release a series of feature articles containing additional state and territory level analysis of overseas visitor arrivals over the coming months, as well as national and state and territory information on arrivals of overseas students. See the left hand navigation pane to access information on a specific state/territory or article.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) commenced daily situation reports of the COVID-19 outbreak on 21 January 2020 and identified it as an international health emergency on 30 January. This was less than a month after suspected cases were reported in Wuhan, China. The Australian Government placed travel restrictions on those travelling to Australia initially from mainland China commencing 1 February 2020. Restrictions on other countries soon followed. From 20 March 2020, all overseas travel was banned, with few exceptions. For more information, see the Prime Minister's media release on border restrictions or the Smartraveller page from the Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade website.

Data notes

This release contains overseas movement data which should not be interpreted as 'persons'. See the Scope section, paragraph 1 in the Methodology for more detail.

The statistics in this release have been rounded. See the Confidentiality section in the Methodology for more detail.

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Data downloads

We will be progressively transitioning to releasing Excel files in .XLSX format from 3rd December 2021.

I-notes

1. 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 in the Methodology page associated with this release.

2. The quality of the imputation used to estimate duration of stay for some resident departures has been impacted by changed travel behaviour during COVID-19 travel restrictions. The proportional split between short-term resident departures and long-term resident departures has been impacted. 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 see paragraph 28 of the Imputations and derivations section of the Methodology page.

3. Short-term arrival movements are usually based on a sample and subject to sampling error. However, from April 2020 a full enumeration has been undertaken due to the small volume of international travel movements caused by the impact of COVID-19. See paragraphs 1-2 of the Sampling section in the Methodology page.

4. Occasionally situations occur that necessitate breaks being applied to the trend series. For an overview of the breaks currently included in the trend series, see paragraph 14 of the Seasonally adjusted and trend estimates section in the Methodology.

5. 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 6: Short-term movement, visitors arriving - intended length of stay and main reason for journey: original

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ABS.Stat datasets

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Short-term Movement, Visitors Arriving and Residents Returning - Intended Length of Stay and Main Reason for Journey: Original

Short-term Movement, Visitors Arriving and Residents Returning - Selected Countries of Residence/Destinations: Original

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Resident Returns - Calendar year - 2020 (December 2020)

Visitor Arrivals - Calendar year - 2020 (December 2020)

Kiwi travel to Australia during COVID-19 (November 2020)

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