Key statistics
Overseas arrivals and departures statistics are international travel movements of persons arriving in, and departing from Australia with a focus on short term trips (less than 1 year). It is the number of international border crossings rather than the number of people.
October 2019 trend estimates for short-term trips:
- Overseas visitor arrivals to Australia increased 0.3% since the previous month to 800,800 trips
- Australian resident returns from overseas increased 0.5% since the previous month to 957,700 trips.
1.1 Visitor arrivals - short-term trips

1.2 Resident returns - short-term trips

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1.3 Monthly and annual change
 |  | Oct '19 | Sep '19 to Oct '19 | Oct '18 to Oct '19 |
 |  | '000 | % change | % change |
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Visitor arrivals — short-term trips |  |  |  |
 | Trend | 800.8 | 0.3 | 3.1 |
 | Seasonally adjusted | 790.2 | -0.2 | .. |
 | Original | 774.0 | .. | .. |
Resident returns — short-term trips |  |  |  |
 | Trend | 957.7 | 0.5 | 2.6 |
 | Seasonally adjusted | 943.9 | -0.4 | .. |
 | Original | 1146.0 | .. | .. |
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.. not applicable |