Short-Term Visitor Arrivals — methodology

What this metric measures

Overseas visitors arriving in Australia for a stay of less than one year, per month.

Why it matters: Short-term arrivals are the pulse of the tourism and international education economy — they support jobs across accommodation, hospitality, aviation and retail.

Source & provenance

Publisher

ABS Overseas Arrivals and Departures (Cat. 3401.0), OAD_COUNTRY

Update frequency

monthly

Licence

CC BY 4.0

How the score is computed

The score is a 0–100 normalisation of the latest observation, compared to a baseline window. The traffic-light rating (RAG) reflects both the absolute level and the recent trend.

Direction

Higher is better

Trend window

24 months

Baseline

Last 10 years

{
  "red_max_pct_of_baseline": 95,
  "amber_min_pct_of_baseline": 95,
  "green_min_pct_of_baseline": 102
}