Short term arrivals and departures jump to new highs

Posted on December 12, 2016 by Pete Faulkner - Tourism, Uncategorized

The climb in the numbers of visitors coming to, and leaving, Australia continues in the latest data for Oct from the ABS.

Short term arrivals hit a new record of 713,300 (seasonally adjusted) for the month; an increase of 12.7% from the same time a year ago and a total of 8.1 million for the 12 months. The growth in Chinese visitors remains the prime driver with numbers up by 13.8% from a year ago to a new record high of almost 1.2 million in the past 12 months.

Departures were also up to a new high of 845,300 for the month and 9.8 million over the past 12 months.