Overseas Arrivals and Departures (OAD)
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) publishes monthly Overseas Arrivals and Departures information of short-term (under 12 months duration) international visitors to Australia, regardless of age. Overseas arrival data relate to the State of intended stay in Australia while overseas Departure data relate to the State where visitors spent the most time in Australia.
Notes on the OAD data
The ABS rebuilt its OAD data system to improve data quality. To preserve the time series, the ABS revised OAD data back from July 2004 onwards. This change impacted the OAD and the International Visitor Survey time series as international visitor estimates are benchmarked on the OAD data. January 2014 OAD results are the first to be based on the revised OAD methodology.
In February 2018, the ABS identified data quality issues affecting visitor arrivals data extending as far back as July 2017. The ABS has now revised the OAD time series. OAD reports from year ended March 2018 include revised arrivals and departure data from July 2017 onwards.
Latest OAD
OAD Snapshot February 2019 (PDF 422 kb)
Archived OAD
January 2019 | December 2018 | November 2018 | October 2018 | September 2018 | August 2018 | July 2018 | June 2018 | May 2018 | April 2018 | March 2018
International Visitor Survey (IVS)
Tourism Research Australia conducts quarterly International Visitor Surveys of departing short-term (under 12 months duration) international visitors aged 15 years and over.
The IVS Snapshot provides the total international visitation to New South Wales. It covers visitor numbers, nights and expenditure as well as country of origin, purpose of visit, demographics, top activities, transport and accommodation statistics.
Notes on the International Visitor Survey (IVS) data
Tourism Research Australia recently advised that there are issues with the passenger arrival cards used in the modelling of IVS data. Hence, IVS results from the year ended March 2018 are preliminary and do not include any data relating to purpose of visit. There are no issues with the survey collection.
Latest IVS
International Travel to NSW (IVS) Snapshot December 2018 (PDF 400 kb)
International Travel to NSW Time Series December 2018 (PDF 321 kb)
Archived IVS
September 2018 | June 2018 | March 2018
International market profiles
The international market profiles provide snapshot and time series visitation information from each country market to New South Wales. It also reports on each country market’s purpose of travel, demographics, travel party, places visited, top activities, accommodation and transport used.
Other information
International Market Factsheets
International Market Segments
