AUSTRALIAN RESIDENT DEPARTURES
In the year ended December 2006 there were 4.9 million short-term resident departures (graph 23.12), which was the highest number of resident departures ever recorded for a year.
23.12 Short-term movements(a), resident departures
The top destinations for Australian residents departing short term during 2006 were New Zealand (864,700 departures), the United States of America (440,300), the United Kingdom (412,800), Thailand (288,100) and China (251,000) (table 23.13).
Between 2005 and 2006 the number of short-term resident departures increased by 42% to Thailand and 12% to Singapore. Short-term departures to Indonesia fell by 39%, from 319,900 to 194,700.
23.13 SHORT-TERM RESIDENT DEPARTURES, By major destinations |
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| 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | |
| ’000 | ’000 | ’000 | '000 | '000 | |
| |
| New Zealand | 597.4 | 662.8 | 815.8 | 835.6 | 864.7 | |
| United States of America | 298.9 | 296.2 | 376.1 | 426.4 | 440.3 | |
| United Kingdom | 318.4 | 312.9 | 375.1 | 404.4 | 412.8 | |
| Thailand | 169.0 | 128.3 | 188.2 | 202.9 | 288.1 | |
| China (excl. SARs and Taiwan Prov.) | 136.9 | 114.2 | 182.0 | 235.2 | 251.0 | |
| Singapore | 148.9 | 124.4 | 159.0 | 188.4 | 211.1 | |
| Fiji | 128.2 | 145.1 | 175.4 | 196.9 | 202.3 | |
| Hong Kong (SAR of China) | 140.6 | 115.1 | 152.6 | 185.7 | 196.2 | |
| Indonesia | 241.8 | 186.7 | 335.1 | 319.9 | 194.7 | |
| Malaysia | 109.5 | 100.8 | 144.4 | 159.9 | 168.0 | |
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| Source: Overseas Arrivals and Departures, Australia (3401.0). |
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