SHORT-TERM visitor arrivals to Australia in Sep saw a 4.1% increase on the previous corresponding period, according to the latest data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
Australia witnessed 780,500 visitors for the month of Sep 2018, a slight bump of 0.3% on the previous month’s figures which followed an increase of 0.5% for Jul.
Most of the short-term visitors were from China, with 122,000 arrivals, followed by New Zealand at 117,100 and the United States at 62,900.
Short-term resident returns for Sep also performed strongly, notching up a 4.8% spike on Sep last year, with the overall number of returns coming in at 926,000.
The short-term resident return number was down marginally on the previous month by 0.2%.
The result followed a monthly increase of 0.1% in Jul and a zero percentage change in Aug.
Source: traveldaily