Australian tourism continued its recent strong inbound performance through December with double digit increases from seven of the top 10 international markets, propelling an overall rise in numbers of 11.1%.
Chinese tourists led the charge with a 34.1% increase, while South Korea was also very buoyant at +24%.
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Short-term Visitor Arrivals, Australia – December 2015
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Trend
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Seasonally Adjusted
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Original
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Nov ’15 to Dec ’15
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Dec ’14 to Dec ’15
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| Country of Residence(a) |
‘000
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‘000
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‘000
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Trend % change
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Trend % change
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| New Zealand |
109.8
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109.9
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124.2
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0.0
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4.2
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| UK, CIs & IOM (b) |
58.1
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59.5
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112.4
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0.7
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6.0
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| China |
100.3
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103.3
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93.2
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2.6
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34.1
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| United States of America |
54.8
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55.4
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81.0
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1.5
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12.9
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| Singapore |
35.3
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34.9
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56.7
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0.9
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15.2
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| Malaysia |
29.4
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30.2
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42.8
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-0.0
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11.1
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| Japan |
30.1
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30.1
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36.0
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1.3
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14.3
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| Korea, South |
22.3
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23.4
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30.3
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5.0
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24.0
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| Hong Kong |
19.8
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20.0
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27.4
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0.5
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17.2
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| India |
19.6
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20.0
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26.1
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0.5
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6.1
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| (a) Top 10 source countries based on original estimates. | |||||
| (b) United Kingdom, Channel Islands and Isle of Man. | |||||