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Gap between arrivals and departures grows

The number of visitor arrivals to Australia rose by 5200 to 547,400 in September but departures rose even more, by 7200 to 743,300.

Departures now outnumber arrivals by 195,700, the seasonally adjusted figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics released on this week [5 November] showed.

September Key Figures
 September 2013August – September 2013Sept. 2012 – Sept. 2013
 ‘000% Change% Change
Short Term Visitor Arrivals   

Trend

542.40.74.9
Seasonally Adjusted547.80.9
Original495.1
Short Term Resident Departures   
Trend741.70.28.1
Seasonally Adjusted743.51.0
Original893.5

Visitor Arrivals Graph

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Arrival trend estimates: Short-term visitor arrivals during September 2013 (542,400 movements) increased 0.7% compared with August 2013 (538,800 movements). This followed monthly increases of 0.8% in both July and August 2013. The current trend estimate for arrivals is 4.9% higher than in September 2012.

  •  Seasonally adjusted estimates: During September 2013, short-term visitor arrivals (547,800 movements) recorded an increase of 0.9% compared with August 2013 (542,600 movements). This followed a monthly decrease of 6.1% in July and a monthly increase of 2.3% in August 2013.
  •  Original estimates: There were 495,100 short-term visitor arrivals to Australia in September 2013.
  • Departure trend estimates: Short-term resident departures during September 2013 (741,700 movements) increased 0.2% compared with August 2013 (739,800 movements). This follows monthly increases of 0.7% in July and 0.5% in August 2013. The current trend estimate for departures is 8.1% higher than in September 2012.
  •  Seasonally adjusted estimates: During September 2013, short-term resident departures (743,500 movements) increased 1.0% compared with August 2013 (736,300 movements). This followed a monthly increase of 0.2% in July 2013 and no change in August 2013.
  •  Original estimates: There were 893,500 short-term resident departures from Australia during September 2013.

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