This is an electronic release of preliminary estimates for short-term visitor arrivals to Australia. There is no printed publication available for this release, however, it is closely related to the monthly publication, Overseas Arrivals and Departures, Australia (cat. no. 3401.0)
SHORT-TERM VISITOR ARRIVALS TO AUSTRALIA, NOVEMBER 2003 PRELIMINARY
The data presented in this release are statistically modelled from passport movements for the reference month and past arrival trends from incoming passenger cards. The data are subject to revision and will be replaced by passenger card data for the reference month. The ABS encourages users of this data to refer to the ABS monthly publication, Overseas Arrivals and Departures, Australia (cat. no. 3401.0) for final estimates.
The ABS has recently been advised of continuing and emerging requirements for these data as early indicators of short term visitor arrivals. Pending clarification of these requirements, these data will continue to be released beyond the date previously advised. For further information, contact Chrissy Beruldsen at c.beruldsen@abs.gov.au or telephone (02) 6252 5640.
Trend estimate
Trend estimates have been revised to take into account the impact of recent world events. See paragraph 18 of the Explanatory Notes for more detail.
The preliminary trend estimate for November 2003 (432,400 movements) is continuing the steady monthly increase in the series since April 2003.
Seasonally adjusted
The preliminary seasonally adjusted estimate of short-term visitor arrivals to Australia for November 2003 (435,200 movements) represents the highest recorded number of movements to date this year with an increase of 2% compared to the previous month.
Original
The preliminary estimate for short-term visitor arrivals to Australia for November 2003 was 468,100. This represents an increase of 7% compared to November 2002 (437,000). Preliminary estimates suggest that large numbers of short-term visitors came from New Zealand (77,400 movements), the United Kingdom (73,500 movements), Japan (63,200 movements), the United States (35,200 movements) and Singapore (30,000 movements).
Compared to November 2002, there was a large increase of visitors from Indonesia (up 105%) and South Africa (up 60%). There was also an increase in visitors from Malaysia (up 23%), Taiwan (up 19%), New Zealand (up 17%), Phillipines and United Kingdom (both up 10%). There was a decline in visitors from Netherlands (down 19%), Switzerland (down 15%), Thailand (down 9%) and Singapore (down 8%).
TABLE 1: SHORT-TERM MOVEMENT: VISITOR ARRIVALS - NOVEMBER 2003 PRELIMINARY
TABLE 2: SHORT-TERM MOVEMENT: VISITOR ARRIVALS - COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE
|
 | | Calendar year
| | Financial year
| | Quarter ended Sep
| | November
|
| | 2001 | 2002 | | 2001-02 | 2002-03 | | 2002 | 2003 | | 2002 | 2003p |
| | '000 | '000 | | '000 | '000 | | '000 | '000 | | '000 | '000 |
|
| OCEANIA & ANTARTICA - | 814.9 | 790.1 | | 787.7 | 793.1 | | 226.0 | 241.8 | | 66.1 | 77.4 |
| New Zealand | 940.3 | 905.0 | | 907.5 | 904.7 | | 252.1 | 269.9 | | 75.8 | 87.9 |
| Total | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
| EUROPE & THE FORMER USSR - | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Germany | 147.6 | 134.8 | | 136.8 | 134.0 | | 31.5 | 35.8 | | 14.0 | 12.4 |
| Italy | 43.3 | 43.3 | | 41.1 | 42.5 | | 13.1 | 12.9 | | 3.6 | 3.6 |
| Netherlands | 56.5 | 53.0 | | 54.6 | 52.1 | | 11.2 | 12.1 | | 6.0 | 4.9 |
| Sweden | 31.7 | 30.9 | | 30.2 | 31.8 | | 5.3 | 5.6 | | 3.4 | 3.3 |
| Switzerland | 46.2 | 41.5 | | 43.4 | 41.2 | | 8.4 | 8.8 | | 4.9 | 4.2 |
| United Kingdom | 617.2 | 642.7 | | 627.1 | 644.2 | | 116.0 | 125.1 | | 66.7 | 73.5 |
| Total | 1179.0 | 1180.5 | | 1172.2 | 1170.4 | | 239.8 | 257.6 | | 121.2 | 126.1 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
| MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA - | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Total | 56.2 | 51.5 | | 56.3 | 50.2 | | 17.5 | 18.2 | | 3.9 | 3.9 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
| SOUTHEAST ASIA - | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Indonesia | 97.9 | 89.4 | | 94.7 | 86.9 | | 22.1 | 21.9 | | 5.1 | 10.4 |
| Malaysia | 149.4 | 159.0 | | 154.3 | 142.4 | | 37.4 | 44.4 | | 14.1 | 17.4 |
| Philippines | 30.4 | 28.5 | | 29.9 | 25.4 | | 6.3 | 6.3 | | 2.4 | 2.6 |
| Singapore | 296.0 | 286.9 | | 295.8 | 261.6 | | 54.3 | 53.2 | | 32.6 | 30.0 |
| Thailand | 79.9 | 82.7 | | 80.0 | 75.5 | | 20.0 | 19.0 | | 4.8 | 4.4 |
| Total | 679.0 | 673.8 | | 682.7 | 617.7 | | 146.5 | 150.9 | | 60.8 | 67.2 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
| NORTHEAST ASIA - | | | | | | | | | | | |
| China | 158.0 | 190.0 | | 172.3 | 177.1 | | 47.2 | 38.4 | | 17.8 | 19.3 |
| Japan | 673.6 | 715.5 | | 659.2 | 658.6 | | 183.8 | 156.4 | | 64.2 | 63.2 |
| Korea | 175.6 | 189.7 | | 181.1 | 195.8 | | 42.0 | 50.9 | | 20.2 | 22.0 |
| Taiwan | 110.1 | 97.4 | | 99.1 | 80.8 | | 26.1 | 30.3 | | 5.6 | 6.7 |
| Total | 1274.3 | 1345.5 | | 1262.4 | 1254.8 | | 340.7 | 310.3 | | 118.1 | 122.9 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
| THE AMERICAS - | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Canada | 93.1 | 90.9 | | 93.0 | 86.5 | | 16.3 | 17.0 | | 8.9 | 9.1 |
| USA | 446.4 | 434.5 | | 424.4 | 423.5 | | 102.3 | 103.0 | | 35.6 | 35.2 |
| Total | 577.5 | 556.2 | | 551.1 | 537.1 | | 125.6 | 126.5 | | 46.8 | 46.7 |
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| AFRICA (excluding North Africa) - | | | | | | | | | | | |
| South Africa | 54.9 | 51.0 | | 55.7 | 47.5 | | 11.1 | 10.8 | | 4.2 | 6.8 |
| Total | 71.5 | 67.3 | | 72.7 | 62.7 | | 14.5 | 14.8 | | 5.7 | 8.2 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Total(a) | 4855.7 | 4841.2 | | 4768.3 | 4655.8 | | 1148.7 | 1163.4 | | 437.0 | 468.1 |
|
| (a) Includes Southern Asia and not stated/inadequately described. |
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