The Australian Bureau of Statistics yesterday released its overseas short-term arrivals and departures figures for November, 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 by 6.4% in November in original terms, whereas short-term resident departures fell by 4.5% over the month. The ratio of annual arrivals to departures rose to 81.2%: