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JANUARY KEY FIGURES

		Jan '12	Dec '11 to Jan '12	Jan '11 to Jan '12
		'000	% change	% change
Short-term visitor arrivals
	Trend	499.9	-0.2	1.3
	Seasonally adjusted	496.8	-0.6	. .
	Original	502.5	. .	. .
Short-term resident departures
	Trend	657.4	0.2	7.2
	Seasonally adjusted	667.1	2.1	. .
	Original	580.1	. .	. .
. . not applicable

Visitor arrivals, Short-term

Resident departures, Short-term

• Trend estimates: Short-term visitor arrivals during January 2012 (499,900 movements) decreased 0.2% compared with December 2011 (501,100 movements). This followed a monthly increase of 0.1% in November 2011 and a slight decrease in December 2011. The current trend estimate for arrivals is 1.3% higher than in January 2011.
• Seasonally adjusted estimates: During January 2012, short-term visitor arrivals (496,800 movements) recorded a decrease of 0.6% compared with December 2011 (499,700 movements). This followed monthly decreases of 0.6% in November 2011 and 0.3% in December 2011.
• Original estimates: There were 502,500 short-term visitor arrivals to Australia in January 2012.

• Trend estimates: Short-term resident departures during January 2012 (657,400 movements) increased 0.2% compared with December 2011 (656,100 movements). This followed monthly increases of 0.1% in November 2011 and 0.2% in December 2011. The current trend estimate for departures is 7.2% higher than in January 2011.
• Seasonally adjusted estimates: During January 2012, short-term resident departures (667,100 movements) increased 2.1% compared with December 2011 (653,600 movements). This followed a monthly decrease of 0.8% in November 2011 and an increase of 1.0% in December 2011.
• Original estimates: There were 580,100 short-term resident departures from Australia during January 2012.