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MAY KEY FIGURES

		May '19	Apr '19 to May '19	May '18 to May '19
		'000	% change	% change
Short-term visitor arrivals
	Trend	789.6	0.6	2.9
	Seasonally adjusted	816.6	6.3	..
	Original	668.3	..	..
Short-term resident returns
	Trend	941.9	0.6	2.2
	Seasonally adjusted	974.5	5.8	..
	Original	866.3	..	..
.. not applicable

Visitor arrivals, Short-term	Resident returns, Short-term

• Trend estimates: Short-term visitor arrivals during May 2019 (789,600 movements) increased by 0.6% when compared with April 2019 (785,000 movements). This followed monthly increases of 0.4% for March 2019 and 0.5% for April 2019. The current trend estimate for arrivals is 2.9% higher than in May 2018.
• Seasonally adjusted estimates: During May 2019, short-term visitor arrivals (816,600 movements) increased by 6.3% when compared with April 2019 (768,500 movements). This followed monthly decreases of 1.8% for March 2019 and 0.1% for April 2019.
• Original estimates: There were 668,300 short-term visitor arrivals to Australia in May 2019.

• Trend estimates: Short-term resident returns during May 2019 (941,900 movements) increased by 0.6% when compared with April 2019 (936,700 movements). This followed monthly increases of 0.2% for March 2019 and 0.4% for April 2019. When compared to May 2018, the current trend estimate for returns is 2.2% higher.
• Seasonally adjusted estimates: During May 2019, short-term resident returns (974,500 movements) increased by 5.8% when compared with April 2019 (920,900 movements). This followed a monthly increase of 1.5% for March 2019 and a monthly decrease of 0.7% for April 2019.
• Original estimates: There were 866,300 short-term resident returns to Australia in May 2019.