Foreign student arrivals hit record high in September

Monday 19 November 2018

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 visitors, with both Chinese arrivals and student arrivals hitting an all-time high.

The number of short-term visitor arrivals fell a seasonal 6.9% in September in original terms, whereas short-term resident departures rose by 16.3% over the month. The ratio of annual arrivals to departures rose to 81.5%:

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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.