Foreign student arrivals hit record high in July

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By Leith van Onselen

The Australian Bureau of Statistics yesterday released its overseas short-term arrivals and departures figures for July, which continued to show a trend rise in the number of inbound visitors, with both Chinese arrivals and student arrivals hitting an all-time high.

The number of short-term visitor arrivals rose a seasonal 19.7% in July in original terms, whereas short-term resident departures fell by 3.7% over the month. The ratio of annual arrivals to departures fell to 81.4%:

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About the author
Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.