persons per month - Source frequency: monthly · Methodology · Corrections
Australia's short-term visitor arrivals was 756k persons per month as of August 2026. Overseas visitors arriving in Australia for a stay of less than one year, per month. Short-term arrivals are the pulse of the tourism and international education economy — they support jobs across accommodation, hospitality, aviation and retail. Data is sourced from ABS Overseas Arrivals and Departures (Cat. 3401.0), OAD_COUNTRY and updated monthly.
Overseas visitors arriving in Australia for a stay of less than one year, per month.
Short-term arrivals are the pulse of the tourism and international education economy — they support jobs across accommodation, hospitality, aviation and retail.
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Source: ABS Overseas Arrivals and Departures (Cat. 3401.0), OAD_COUNTRY
This data is sourced programmatically from official statistical APIs and data feeds (ABS Overseas Arrivals and Departures (Cat. 3401.0), OAD_COUNTRY), updated monthly. Our pipeline fetches the machine-readable version automatically and converts it to the standardised format shown here.
See all sources and methodology on the data sources page.
