3401.0 - Overseas Arrivals and Departures, Australia, Sep 2019 Quality Declaration 
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 06/12/2019   
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Overseas visitor arrivals - short-term trips

Statistics on international travel movements of persons arriving in Australia for short term trips (less than 1 year). It is the number of international border crossings rather than the number of people.

Key statistics

Overseas visitors arriving in Australia for a short-term trip in September 2019 (trend estimates):

  • Increased 0.5% since the previous month to 805,500 trips
  • Increased 3.9% since the same month previous year
  • Reported China as the largest source country, accounting for 16% of all visitor arrivals.


2.1 Visitor arrivals - Original, Seasonally adjusted and Trend estimates(a)

Graph: Visitor arrivals - Original, Seasonally adjusted and Trend estimates
(a) For more information see Explanatory Notes 19-32. For breaks in trend series see Explanatory Notes 30-31.


Source countries (trend estimates)

The three leading source countries for visitor arrivals to Australia in September 2019 were:

  • China (126,500 trips)
  • New Zealand (118,000)
  • USA (69,100).


2.2 Visitor arrivals - Top 10 source countries - Trend estimates
Graph: Visitor arrivals - Top 10 source countries - Trend estimates
(a) Excludes SARs & Taiwan.
(b) Includes the United Kingdom, Channel Islands and Isle of Man.

Among the top ten source countries, the highest annual increases were recorded for:
  • India (19.0%)
  • Singapore (12.1%)
  • Hong Kong (6.0%).

The highest annual decreases were recorded for:
  • Korea, South (-4.1%)
  • UK (-3.8%)
  • Malaysia (-2.5%)

2.3 Visitor arrivals - Top 10 source countries(a) - Monthly and annual change
Trend
Seasonally adjusted
Original
Aug '19 to Sep '19
Sep '18 to Sep '19
Country of Residence
'000
'000
'000
% change - trend
% change -trend
China(b)
126.5
125.4
99.0
0.9
4.5
New Zealand
118.0
116.9
127.0
0.2
1.5
USA
69.1
67.3
48.4
0.4
5.8
UK(c)
58.4
58.2
41.3
0.4
-3.8
Singapore
42.7
41.9
36.3
-0.1
12.1
Japan
42.2
41.9
40.7
0.5
5.9
India
36.0
35.8
32.0
1.8
19.0
Malaysia
32.7
30.8
33.4
0.7
-2.5
Hong Kong
27.7
27.1
19.9
0.2
6.0
Korea, South
22.9
22.5
20.0
-1.2
-4.1
(a) Top 10 source countries based on trend estimates.
(b) Excludes SARs & Taiwan.
(c) Includes the United Kingdom, Channel Islands and Isle of Man.


State or territory of stay (original estimates)

All travellers are asked their intended address in Australia upon arrival. State or territory of stay statistics are only available from original estimates as seasonally adjusted and trend estimates are only applied to source countries.

For those who visited Australia in September 2019, compared to the same month of the previous year, there was:
  • an increase of 22.3% more visitors to South Australia
  • a decrease of 5.4% fewer visitors to Queensland

2.4 Visitor arrivals, State or territory of stay - Annual change to September 2019 (original estimates)
Map: Visitor arrivals, State or territory of stay - Annual change to September 2019 (original estim

2.5 Visitor arrivals, State or territory of stay(a) - Annual change to September 2019 (original estimates)
Sep '18
Sep '19
Sep '18 to Sep '19
State or territory of stay
'000
'000
% change - original
NSW
251.6
251.7
0.1
Vic.
167.3
169.0
1.0
Qld
169.1
160.0
-5.4
SA
18.6
22.8
22.3
WA
64.6
69.4
7.5
Tas.
4.8
5.1
6.8
NT
7.0
8.5
20.7
ACT
7.2
8.5
17.5
Australia(b)
690.2
695.0
0.7
(a) Only available from original estimates.
(b) Includes Other Territories.