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AUGUST KEY FIGURES

		Aug '13	Jul '13 to Aug '13	Aug '12 to Aug '13
		'000	% change	% change
Short-term visitor arrivals
	Trend	534.8	0.5	4.3
	Seasonally adjusted	541.4	2.3	. .
	Original	530.9	. .	. .
Short-term resident departures
	Trend	739.5	0.5	8.0
	Seasonally adjusted	736.0	-0.1	. .
	Original	730.4	. .	. .
. . not applicable

Visitor arrivals, Short-term

Resident departures, Short-term

• Trend estimates: Short-term visitor arrivals during August 2013 (534,800 movements) increased 0.5% compared with July 2013 (532,100 movements). This followed monthly increases of 0.5% in both June and July 2013. The current trend estimate for arrivals is 4.3% higher than in August 2012.
• Seasonally adjusted estimates: During August 2013, short-term visitor arrivals (541,400 movements) recorded an increase of 2.3% compared with July 2013 (529,300 movements). This followed a monthly increase of 7.5% in June and a monthly decrease of 6.2% in July 2013. The spike in June was mainly driven by the British and Irish Lions rugby union tour.
• Original estimates: There were 530,900 short-term visitor arrivals to Australia in August 2013.

• Trend estimates: Short-term resident departures during August 2013 (739,500 movements) increased 0.5% compared with July 2013 (735,900 movements). This follows monthly increases of 0.9% in June and 0.7% in July 2013. The current trend estimate for departures is 8.0% higher than in August 2012.
• Seasonally adjusted estimates: During August 2013, short-term resident departures (736,000 movements) decreased 0.1% compared with July 2013 (736,700 movements). This followed monthly increases of 0.8% in June 2013 and 0.3% in July 2013.
• Original estimates: There were 730,400 short-term resident departures from Australia during August 2013.