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APRIL KEY FIGURES

		Apr '11	Mar '11 to Apr '11	Apr '10 to Apr '11
		'000	% change	% change
Short-term visitor arrivals
	Trend	485.4	-0.5	1.0
	Seasonally adjusted	489.8	2.6	. .
	Original	462.4	. .	. .
Short-term resident departures
	Trend	636.1	1.9	10.4
	Seasonally adjusted	691.3	19.6	. .
	Original	693.0	. .	. .
. . not applicable

Visitor arrivals, Short-term

Resident departures, Short-term

• Trend estimates: Short-term visitor arrivals during April 2011 (485,400 movements) decreased 0.5% compared with March 2011 (487,800 movements). This followed monthly decreases of 0.8% in February 2011 and 0.7% in March 2011. The current trend estimate for arrivals is 1.0% higher than in April 2010.
• Seasonally adjusted estimates: During April 2011, short-term visitor arrivals (489,800 movements) recorded an increase of 2.6% compared with March 2011 (477,300 movements). This followed monthly decreases of 2.6% in February 2011 and 2.3% in March 2011.
• Original estimates: There were 462,400 short-term visitor arrivals to Australia in April 2011.

• Trend estimates: Short-term resident departures during April 2011 (636,100 movements) increased 1.9% compared with March 2011 (624,200 movements). This followed monthly increases of 1.4% in February 2011 and 0.5% in March 2011. The current trend estimate for departures is 10.4% higher than in April 2010.
• Seasonally adjusted estimates: During April 2011, short-term resident departures (691,300 movements) increased by 19.6% compared with March 2011 (578,200 movements). This followed monthly decreases of 0.9% in February 2011 and 5.9% in March 2011.
• Original estimates: There were 693,000 short-term resident departures from Australia during April 2011.