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AUGUST KEY FIGURES

		Aug'11	Jul'11 to Aug'11	Aug '10 to Aug'11
		'000	% change	% change
Short-term visitor arrivals
	Trend	491.0	0.8	-1.0
	Seasonally adjusted	500.4	2.6	. .
	Original	468.6	. .	. .
Short-term resident departures
	Trend	664.9	0.6	10.7
	Seasonally adjusted	661.5	0.2	. .
	Original	648.9	. .	. .
. . not applicable

Visitor arrivals, Short-term

Resident departures, Short-term

• Trend estimates: Short-term visitor arrivals during August 2011 (491,000 movements) increased 0.8% compared with July 2011 (487,100 movements). This followed monthly increases of 0.5% in June 2011 and 0.6% in July 2011. The current trend estimate for arrivals is 1.0% lower than in August 2010.
• Seasonally adjusted estimates: During August 2011, short-term visitor arrivals (500,400 movements) recorded an increase of 2.6% compared with July 2011 (487,700 movements). This followed a monthly decrease of 1.8% in June 2011 and an increase of 2.2% in July 2011.
• Original estimates: There were 468,600 short-term visitor arrivals to Australia in August 2011.

• Trend estimates: Short-term resident departures during August 2011 (664,900 movements) increased 0.6% compared with July 2011 (660,800 movements). This followed monthly increases of 1.2% in June 2011 and 0.8% in July 2011. The current trend estimate for departures is 10.7% higher than in August 2010.
• Seasonally adjusted estimates: During August 2011, short-term resident departures (661,500 movements) increased by 0.2% compared with July 2011 (660,000 movements). This followed a monthly decrease of 1.8% in June 2011 and an increase of 3.3% in July 2011.
• Original estimates: There were 648,900 short-term resident departures from Australia during August 2011.