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OCTOBER KEY FIGURES

		Oct '13	Sep '13 to Oct '13	Oct '12 to Oct '13
		'000	% change	% change
Short-term visitor arrivals
	Trend	548.4	0.8	5.1
	Seasonally adjusted	545.5	-1.1	. .
	Original	541.7	. .	. .
Short-term resident departures
	Trend	739.3	0.1	7.2
	Seasonally adjusted	733.9	-1.3	. .
	Original	679.9	. .	. .
. . not applicable

Visitor arrivals, Short-term

Resident departures, Short-term

• Trend estimates: Short-term visitor arrivals during October 2013 (548,400 movements) increased 0.8% compared with September 2013 (544,300 movements). This followed monthly increases of 0.9% in August and 0.8% in September 2013. The current trend estimate for arrivals is 5.1% higher than in October 2012.
• Seasonally adjusted estimates: During October 2013, short-term visitor arrivals (545,500 movements) recorded a decrease of 1.1% compared with September 2013 (551,700 movements). This followed a monthly increase of 2.2 in August and 1.8% in September 2013.
• Original estimates: There were 541,700 short-term visitor arrivals to Australia in October 2013.

• Trend estimates: Short-term resident departures during October 2013 (739,300 movements) increased 0.1% compared with September 2013 (738,300 movements). This follows monthly increases of 0.3% in August and 0.2% in September 2013. The current trend estimate for departures is 7.2% higher than in October 2012.
• Seasonally adjusted estimates: During October 2013, short-term resident departures (733,900 movements) decreased 1.3% compared with September 2013 (743,300 movements). This followed a monthly increase of 0.2% in August and 1.0% in September 2013.
• Original estimates: There were 679,900 short-term resident departures from Australia during October 2013.