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FEBRUARY KEY FIGURES

		Feb '09	Jan '09 to Feb '09	Feb '08 to Feb '09
		'000	% change	% change
Short-term visitor arrivals
	Trend	465.0	0.9	-0.7
	Seasonally adjusted	477.2	5.9	. .
	Original	504.0	. .	. .
Short-term resident departures
	Trend	475.1	-0.5	-0.7
	Seasonally adjusted	477.1	3.2	. .
	Original	363.1	. .	. .
. . not applicable

Visitor arrivals, Short-term

Resident departures, Short-term

• Trend estimates: Short-term visitor arrivals to Australia during February 2009 (465,000 movements), rose 0.9% compared with January 2009 (461,100 movements). This followed monthly increases of 0.6% in December 2008 and 0.7% in January 2009.
• Currently, trend estimates for arrivals are 0.7% lower than in February 2008.
• Seasonally adjusted estimates: During February 2009, arrivals (477,200 movements) increased by 5.9% compared with January 2009 (450,500 movements). This followed a monthly increase of 3.3% for December 2008 and a monthly decrease of 3.2% for January 2009.
• Original estimates: There were 504,000 arrivals to Australia in February 2009.

• Trend estimates: Short-term resident departures from Australia during February 2009 (475,100 movements), recorded a decrease of 0.5% compared with January 2009 (477,500 movements). This followed monthly decreases in the previous two months; December 2008 and January 2009 (each 0.5%).
• Currently, trend estimates for departures are 0.7% lower than in February 2008.
• Seasonally adjusted estimates: During February 2009, departures (477,100 movements) increased by 3.2% compared with January 2009 (462,200 movements). This followed a monthly increase of 3.5% for December 2008 and a monthly decrease of 5.7% for January 2009.
• Original estimates: There were 363,100 departures from Australia during February 2009.