Visitor Arrivals still climbing

Short-term visitor arrivals during September 2017 (752,500 movements) increased 0.4% compared with August 2017 (749,700 movements). This followed monthly increases of 0.6% in July 2017 and 0.5% in August 2017.

The current trend estimate for arrivals is 6.7% higher than in September 2016. Seasonally adjusted estimates: During September 2017, short-term visitor arrivals (744,600 movements) decreased 2.2% compared with August 2017 (761,500 movements).

This followed monthly increases of 2.4% in July 2017 and 2.1% in August 2017. Original estimates: There were 663,500 short-term visitor arrivals to Australia in September 2017.

Topics: Visitor Arrivals

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