3401.0.55.001 - Short-term Visitor Arrival Estimates, Australia, May 2006  
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FORTHCOMING ISSUES

ISSUE Release Date
June 2006 19 July 2006
July 2006 17 August 2006
August 2006 19 September 2006
September 2006 18 October 2006
October 2006 16 November 2006
November 2006 18 December 2006



DATA NOTES

The estimates presented in this publication provide an early indication of short-term visitor arrival movements prior to final data becoming available for the reference month. Monthly data prior to the reference month are final estimates. The ABS encourages users of these data to refer to the ABS monthly publication, Overseas Arrivals and Departures, Australia (cat. no. 3401.0) for final ABS estimates of short-term visitor arrivals for the reference period. Final estimates for May 2006 will be released on 6 July 2006.


This publication contains movement data. Care should be taken when interpreting this movement data as 'people'. See Explanatory Note 6.


Calculations of percentage and numeric change as shown in the Main Features of this publication are based on unrounded data. See Explanatory Note 10.


Original estimates are influenced by seasonal and one-off or irregular factors which may distort interpretations of the underlying growth in the series. Therefore, the ABS encourages the use of the trend estimates for time series analysis. See the Demography Working Paper 2004/2 - Interpretation and Use of Overseas Arrivals and Departures Estimates (cat. no. 3106.0.55.002).


Trend and seasonally adjusted estimates are subject to revision, particularly at the current end of the series, due to additional original information becoming available. See Explanatory Notes 14 to 17.



CHANGES IN THIS ISSUE

There are no changes in this issue.



INQUIRIES

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MAIN FEATURES


TREND ESTIMATES

The trend estimate for short-term visitor arrivals to Australia for May 2006 (460,100 movements) decreased by 0.3% compared with April 2006 (461,400 movements). This followed a monthly increase of 0.1% for March 2006 and a monthly decrease of 0.2% for April.


Currently, short-term visitor arrivals are 0.9% higher than in May 2005.



SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ESTIMATES

The seasonally adjusted estimate for short-term visitor arrivals to Australia for May 2006 (448,200 movements) decreased by 3.0% compared with April 2006 (462,100 movements). This followed monthly decreases of 1.0% for March 2006 and 0.8% for April 2006.

Visitor arrivals, Short-term
Graph: Visitor arrivals Short-term




ORIGINAL ESTIMATES

In original movement terms there were an estimated 349,400 short-term visitor arrivals to Australia during May 2006.

TABLE 1: SHORT-TERM MOVEMENT, VISITOR ARRIVALS(a)
May 06
Apr 06 to May 06
May 05 to May 06
'000
% change
% change
Trend
460.1
-0.3
0.9
Seasonally adjusted
448.2
-3.0
. .
Original
349.4
. .
. .
. . not applicable
(a) Trend and seasonally adjusted estimates may be revised each month. See Explanatory Notes 14 to 17.

TABLE 2: SHORT-TERM MOVEMENT(a), VISITOR ARRIVALS - Country of Residence(b)
Trend
Seasonally Adjusted
Original
Apr 06
May 06
Apr 06 to May 06
May 05 to May 06
Apr 06
May 06
Apr 06 to May 06
May 06
Country of residence
'000
'000
% change
% change
'000
'000
% change
'000
OCEANIA & ANTARCTICA
New Zealand
90.4
90.4
-
-3.4
89.0
91.0
2.3
81.8
Total
102.0
102.4
0.4
-1.8
100.6
103.5
2.9
92.9
NORTH-WEST EUROPE
Germany
12.9
12.9
0.2
5.8
14.5
11.8
-18.4
6.5
Netherlands
4.3
4.3
-
4.1
4.3
4.3
-0.8
2.1
Sweden
3.2
3.3
1.8
13.6
3.2
3.6
12.0
1.4
Switzerland
3.7
3.9
3.0
6.7
4.2
3.6
-14.2
1.6
United Kingdom
61.4
61.6
0.4
4.6
63.2
58.7
-7.1
29.0
Total
102.9
103.2
0.3
4.7
107.1
98.7
-7.8
49.6
SOUTHERN & EASTERN EUROPE
Italy
4.0
3.9
-2.0
-5.2
4.0
3.9
-2.5
2.3
Total
10.2
10.1
-0.8
1.5
10.3
9.9
-3.9
5.8
NORTH AFRICA & THE MIDDLE EAST
Total
6.3
6.4
2.7
9.8
6.2
7.0
11.9
3.7
SOUTH- EAST ASIA
Indonesia
6.8
7.0
3.4
3.5
6.9
7.3
5.7
5.2
Malaysia
11.9
11.7
-1.5
-17.8
12.0
10.9
-8.6
13.1
Philippines
3.1
3.2
3.3
11.9
3.1
3.3
4.8
3.9
Singapore
20.7
20.4
-1.2
-11.5
22.3
18.0
-19.4
17.1
Thailand
6.2
6.1
-1.2
-5.4
5.7
6.2
8.9
6.0
Total
51.5
51.6
0.1
-7.4
52.7
49.6
-5.9
48.4
NORTH-EAST ASIA
China
26.2
26.0
-0.6
23.5
27.1
24.7
-8.8
19.6
Japan
52.4
50.2
-4.3
-5.7
46.1
49.7
7.9
41.8
Korea
20.5
20.7
0.8
-5.3
20.7
20.1
-2.5
17.2
Taiwan
7.3
6.8
-6.8
-29.2
7.6
5.6
-26.9
5.9
Total
120.5
117.8
-2.3
-1.5
115.1
114.4
-0.7
94.1
AMERICAS
Canada
9.6
9.8
1.2
11.8
9.8
9.5
-2.3
6.3
United States of America
39.7
40.0
0.9
5.5
42.0
37.5
-10.6
29.8
Total
53.0
53.5
0.9
7.9
55.3
50.6
-8.4
38.7
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
South Africa
4.7
4.7
-0.7
12.4
5.1
4.5
-11.0
3.2
Total
6.2
6.2
-0.2
12.3
6.4
6.2
-3.7
4.4
Total(c)
461.4
460.1
-0.3
0.9
462.1
448.2
-3.0
349.4
- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)
(a) This table presents a summary of the most recent overseas arrivals and departures estimates. Time series data for months earlier than those presented in this table are available as time series spreadsheets from the ABS web site.
(b) Data for the current month are statistically modelled on passport movements and past arrival trends from passenger cards. Monthly data prior to the current month are estimates based on passenger card data.
(c) Includes Southern and Central Asia and not stated/inadequately described.