The Australian Bureau of Statistics yesterday released its overseas short-term arrivals and departures figures for September, which continued to show a trend rise in the number of inbound tourists, with Chinese arrivals continuing to boom.
The number of short-term visitor arrivals fell 5.6% in September in original terms, whereas short-term resident departures surged by 20.1% over the month. However, the ratio of annual arrivals to departures retraced to 80.0%:
