3401.0 – Overseas Arrivals and Departures, Australia, Mar 2016

SHORT-TERM VISITOR ARRIVALS

In trend terms, short-term visitor arrivals to Australia during March 2016 (658,900 movements) increased 0.3% when compared with February 2016 (656,700 movements). Currently, short-term visitor arrivals are 8.7% higher than in March 2015.

SHORT-TERM VISITOR ARRIVALS, Australia

The following table presents the top ten source countries (based on original estimates) for short-term visitor arrivals during March 2016. When trend estimates for short-term visitor arrivals for March 2015 and March 2016 were compared, the highest percentage increase was recorded for South Korea (30.2%), followed by Japan (26.0%), and China (20.5%).

Short-term Visitor Arrivals, Australia – March 2016
	Trend	Seasonally Adjusted	Original	Feb ’16 to Mar ’16	Mar ’15 to Mar ’16
Country of Residence(a)	‘000	‘000	‘000	Trend % change	Trend % change
New Zealand	106.7	104.2	104.9	-1.0	-1.5
China	96.7	99.1	101.6	-0.4	20.5
UK, CIs & IOM(b)	59.4	59.3	87.7	0.3	4.1
United States of America	56.3	56.6	72.0	0.5	15.6
Japan	33.7	33.9	43.8	2.3	26.0
Singapore	34.6	36.0	37.2	0.3	10.3
Malaysia	29.4	30.6	30.8	0.4	8.9
Hong Kong	20.1	20.8	29.8	0.8	14.8
Korea, South	24.0	24.0	24.7	2.0	30.2
India	19.7	20.1	23.5	0.8	0.0
(a) Top 10 source countries based on original estimates.
(b) United Kingdom, Channel Islands and Isle of Man.

Additional commentary at Conus: International Arrivals continue to grow strongly

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