Short-term visitor arrivals continue to increase

Short Term Visitor Arrivals

• Trend estimates: Short-term visitor arrivals to Australia during March 2009 (472,100 movements), rose 0.9% compared with February 2009 (467,800 movements). This followed monthly increases of 1.0% each in January and February 2009.
• Currently, trend estimates for arrivals are 0.7% higher than in March 2008.
• Seasonally adjusted estimates: During March 2009, arrivals (473,600 movements) decreased by 1.0% compared with February 2009 (478,600 movements). This followed a monthly decrease of 3.1% for January 2009 and a monthly increase of 6.1% for February 2009.
• Original estimates: There were 488,600 arrivals to Australia in March 2009.

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics