The Australian Bureau of Statistics last week released its overseas short-term arrivals and departures figures for June, which revealed that Chinese visitors are beginning to avoid Australia.
The number of short-term visitor arrivals fell by 1.2% in June in original terms, whereas short-term resident departures rose by 12.4% over the month. The ratio of annual arrivals to departures also rebounded to 81.1%:
Net short-term arrivals remain heavily in deficit and are have deteriorated recently:
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