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OCTOBER KEY FIGURES

		Oct '10	Sep '10 to Oct '10	Oct '09 to Oct '10
		'000	% change	% change
Short-term visitor arrivals
	Trend	505.8	1.0	6.6
	Seasonally adjusted	498.3	-2.3	. .
	Original	493.5	. .	. .
Short-term resident departures
	Trend	605.3	0.3	10.9
	Seasonally adjusted	598.4	-1.4	. .
	Original	577.7	. .	. .
. . not applicable

Visitor arrivals, Short-term

Resident departures, Short-term

• Trend estimates: Short-term visitor arrivals to Australia during October 2010 (505,800 movements) increased 1.0% compared with September 2010 (501,000 movements). This followed similar monthly increases of 1.2% in August 2010 and 1.1% in September 2010. The current trend estimate for arrivals is 6.6% higher than in October 2009.
• Seasonally adjusted estimates: During October 2010, short-term visitor arrivals (498,300 movements) recorded a decrease of 2.3% compared with September 2010 (510,100 movements). This followed monthly increases of 3.6% for August 2010 and 1.4% for September 2010.
• Original estimates: There were 493,500 short-term visitor arrivals to Australia in October 2010.

• Trend estimates: Short-term resident departures from Australia during October 2010 (605,300 movements) increased 0.3% compared with September 2010 (603,400 movements). This followed monthly increases of 0.6% for August 2010 and 0.3% for September 2010. The current trend estimate for departures is 10.9% higher than in October 2009.
• Seasonally adjusted estimates: During October 2010, short-term resident departures (598,400 movements) decreased by 1.4% compared with September 2010 (606,600 movements). This followed a monthly decrease of 1.1% for August 2010 and an increase of 1.9% for September 2010.
• Original estimates: There were 577,700 short-term resident departures from Australia during October 2010.