3401.0 - Overseas Arrivals and Departures, Australia, May 2011 Quality Declaration 
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 06/07/2011   
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MAY KEY FIGURES

May '11
Apr '11 to May '11
May '10 to May'11
'000
% change
% change

Short-term visitor arrivals
Trend
480.3
-0.5
-0.4
Seasonally adjusted
488.5
-1.0
. .
Original
386.6
. .
. .
Short-term visitor departures
Trend
645.9
1.6
10.5
Seasonally adjusted
649.4
-5.9
. .
Original
619.4
. .
. .

. . not applicable

Visitor arrivals, Short-term
Graph: Visitor arrivals, Short-term

Resident departures, Short-term
Graph: Resident departures, Short-term




MAY KEY POINTS


SHORT-TERM VISITOR ARRIVALS TO AUSTRALIA
  • Trend estimates: Short-term visitor arrivals during May 2011 (480,300 movements) decreased 0.5% compared with April 2011 (482,600 movements). This followed monthly decreases of 0.8% in March 2011 and 0.6% in April 2011. The current trend estimate for arrivals is 0.4% lower than in May 2010.
  • Seasonally adjusted estimates: During May 2011, short-term visitor arrivals (488,500 movements) recorded a decrease of 1.0% compared with April 2011 (493,400 movements). This followed a monthly decrease of 2.2% in March 2011 and an increase of 3.4% in April 2011.
  • Original estimates: There were 386,600 short-term visitor arrivals to Australia in May 2011.


SHORT-TERM RESIDENT DEPARTURES FROM AUSTRALIA
  • Trend estimates: Short-term resident departures during May 2011 (645,900 movements) increased 1.6% compared with April 2011 (635,400 movements). This followed monthly increases of 0.6% in March 2011 and 1.8% in April 2011. The current trend estimate for departures is 10.5% higher than in May 2010.
  • Seasonally adjusted estimates: During May 2011, short-term resident departures (649,400 movements) decreased by 5.9% compared with April 2011 (689,800 movements). This followed a monthly decrease of 5.7% in March 2011 and an increase of 19.0% in April 2011.
  • Original estimates: There were 619,400 short-term resident departures from Australia during May 2011.


NOTES

FORTHCOMING ISSUES

ISSUE Release Date
June 2011 4 August 2011
July 2011 2 September 2011
August 2011 6 October 2011
September 2011 8 November 2011
October 2011 5 December 2011
November 2011 12 January 2012



DATA NOTES

This publication contains overseas movement data which should not be interpreted as 'persons'. See paragraph 5 of the Explanatory Notes for more detail.

The statistics in this publication have been rounded to the nearest 100 for short-term movements and to the nearest 10 for permanent and long-term movements. As a result, sums of the components may not add exactly to totals. Analysis featured in this publication is based on unrounded data. Calculations made on rounded data may differ to those published.


CHANGES IN THIS ISSUE

There are no changes in this issue.


INQUIRIES

For further information about these and related statistics, contact the National Information and Referral Service on 1300 135 070 or Abul Majumder on Canberra (02) 6252 7083.