AUSTRALIANS’ love-affair with overseas travel is showing little sign of abating, with the latest figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics showing “short-term resident returns” were up 6% in Aug 2018 compared to the previous corresponding period.
There were 916,200 movements by Australian residents during the month, with inbound arrivals also up 4.8% year-on-year to 771,700.
Indonesia was the most popular destination for outbound travel during the month, followed by New Zealand and then the USA, UK and Thailand.
Year-on-year, the fastest growing destinations were China, up 13.4%, and Singapore which was up 13.5%, while the only top 10 market to see a decline was Thailand, down 2.5%.
For inbound travellers the top source market was NZ, followed by China, Japan and the USA.
Source: traveldaily