Dec departures rise 10%

Dec departures rise 10%

INTERNATIONAL departures from Australia increased by 9.8% for Dec when compared to the previous month, preliminary figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) show.

The period saw close to 50,000 outbound trips made, with almost 20% of those being Chinese citizens heading home, in addition to 12,100 Australian citizens jetting overseas.

Travellers using temporary student visas also comprised one in four departures.

Meanwhile, international arrivals to Australia increased by close to 18% in Dec when compared to Nov.

Of the 35,100 estimated arrival trips made in Dec, 17,800 were by Australian citizens, while close to 5,000 travellers came in from New Zealand, followed by India (1,720), China (1,330) and the United Kingdom (1,130).

The biggest percentage increases came from Pakistan, which more than doubled its Nov numbers to 380 passengers, as well as India which jumped by 50% to 1,720 travellers.

New Zealand was another sharp mover, up 33.2%, as was China which increased by 11.2% to record 1,330 arrivals.

One of the biggest drops came from the United Kingdom, which saw travellers dip by more than 10% compared with Nov, while the Philippines also decreased by close to 14% to 430 travellers.

On a state-by-state basis, NSW continues to lead the way by taking the most returned travellers from overseas, recording 16,410 pax for the Dec period, followed in second place by Queensland with 6,200, Victoria (5,330), WA (4,580), SA (1,410) the Northern Territory (1,030) and Tasmania (140).

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Source: traveldaily