The Australian Bureau of Statistics yesterday released its overseas short-term arrivals and departures figures for January, which continued to show a trend rise in the number of inbound visitors, with Chinese arrivals continuing to boom.
The number of short-term visitor arrivals fell a seasonal 30.5% in January in original terms, whereas short-term resident departures fell by 30.0% over the month. The ratio of annual arrivals to departures also retraced to 80.5%: