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SEPTEMBER KEY FIGURES

		Sep '12	Aug '12 to Sep '12	Sep '11 to Sep '12
		'000	% change	% change
Short-term visitor arrivals
	Trend	513.5	0.5	3.2
	Seasonally adjusted	520.4	0.8	. .
	Original	473.6	. .	. .
Short-term resident departures
	Trend	691.3	0.1	5.5
	Seasonally adjusted	695.4	1.6	. .
	Original	844.2	. .	. .
. . not applicable

Visitor arrivals, Short-term

Resident departures, Short-term

• Trend estimates: Short-term visitor arrivals during September 2012 (513,500 movements) increased 0.5% compared with August 2012 (510,900 movements). This followed a monthly increase of 0.4% in July and an increase of 0.5% in August 2012. The current trend estimate for arrivals is 3.2% higher than in September 2011.
• Seasonally adjusted estimates: During September 2012, short-term visitor arrivals (520,400 movements) recorded an increase of 0.8% compared with August 2012 (516,400 movements). This followed a monthly decrease of 3.0% in July 2012 and an increase of 4.1% in August 2012.
• Original estimates: There were 473,600 short-term visitor arrivals to Australia in September 2012.

• Trend estimates: Short-term resident departures during September 2012 (691,300 movements) increased 0.1% compared with August 2012 (690,600 movements). This followed monthly increases of 0.4% in July 2012 and 0.3% in August 2012. The current trend estimate for departures is 5.5% higher than in September 2011.
• Seasonally adjusted estimates: During September 2012, short-term resident departures (695,400 movements) increased 1.6% compared with August 2012 (684,200 movements). This followed a monthly decrease of 1.2% in July 2012 and a monthly decrease of 0.1% in August 2012.
• Original estimates: There were 844,200 short-term resident departures from Australia during September 2012.