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DECEMBER KEY FIGURES

		Dec'11	Nov'11 to Dec'11	Dec '10 to Dec'11
		'000	% change	% change
Short-term visitor arrivals
	Trend	505.0	0.3	1.4
	Seasonally adjusted	502.0	0.1	. .
	Original	673.6	. .	. .
Short-term resident departures
	Trend	651.2	-0.2	7.2
	Seasonally adjusted	652.7	0.9	. .
	Original	864.2	. .	. .
. . not applicable

Visitor arrivals, Short-term

Resident departures, Short-term

• Trend estimates: Short-term visitor arrivals during December 2011 (505,000 movements) increased 0.3% compared with November 2011 (503,600 movements). This followed monthly increases of 0.6% in October 2011 and 0.4% in November 2011. The current trend estimate for arrivals is 1.4% higher than in December 2010.
• Seasonally adjusted estimates: During December 2011, short-term visitor arrivals (502,000 movements) recorded an increase of 0.1% compared with November 2011 (501,500 movements). This followed a monthly increase of 4.8% in October 2011 and a decrease of 0.7% in November 2011.
• Original estimates: There were 673,600 short-term visitor arrivals to Australia in December 2011.

• Trend estimates: Short-term resident departures during December 2011 (651,200 movements) decreased 0.2% compared with November 2011 (652,300 movements). This followed monthly decreases of 0.2% in October 2011 and 0.1% in November 2011. The current trend estimate for departures is 7.2% higher than in December 2010.
• Seasonally adjusted estimates: During December 2011, short-term resident departures (652,700 movements) increased 0.9% compared with November 2011 (646,700 movements). This followed monthly decreases of 1.3% in October 2011 and 0.9% in November 2011.
• Original estimates: There were 864,200 short-term resident departures from Australia during December 2011.