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MARCH KEY FIGURES

		Mar '19	Feb '19 to Mar '19	Mar '18 to Mar '19
		'000	% change	% change
Short-term visitor arrivals
	Trend	777.9	0.0	2.2
	Seasonally adjusted	770.9	-1.5	..
	Original	836.3	..	..
Short-term resident returns
	Trend	926.5	-0.3	2.0
	Seasonally adjusted	925.6	1.5	..
	Original	753.5	..	..
.. not applicable

Visitor arrivals, Short-term	Resident returns, Short-term

• Trend estimates: Short-term visitor arrivals during March 2019 (777,900 movements) saw a negligible increase (0.0%) when compared with February 2019 (777,600 movements). This followed two consecutive months where short-term visitor arrivals held steady. The current trend estimate for arrivals is 2.2% higher than in March 2018.
• Seasonally adjusted estimates: During March 2019, short-term visitor arrivals (770,900 movements) decreased by 1.5% when compared with February 2019 (782,900 movements). This followed a monthly decrease of 0.2% for January 2019 and an increase of 0.6% for February 2019.
• Original estimates: There were 836,300 short-term visitor arrivals to Australia in March 2019.

• Trend estimates: Short-term resident returns during March 2019 (926,500 movements) decreased by 0.3% when compared with February 2019 (929,000 movements). This followed monthly decreases of 0.3% for both January and February 2019. The current trend estimate for returns is 2% higher than in March 2018.
• Seasonally adjusted estimates: During March 2019, short-term resident returns (925,600 movements) increased by 1.5% when compared with February 2019 (911,800 movements). No monthly change was observed for January 2019, whilst a 3.1% decrease was observed for February 2019.
• Original estimates: There were 753,500 short-term resident returns to Australia in March 2019.