The number of international arrivals to Australia has increased to the highest number since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
According to data published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) on Tuesday, 1.74 million people arrived in Australia from overseas in October, up from 1.6 million in September.
It marked an increase of 43 percent from 1.21 million arrivals in October 2022 and the highest monthly figure since January 2020.
Detailed data for September, also published on Tuesday, revealed that 939,000 of the 1.6 million arrivals in the month were Australian residents returning from short-term international trips.
There were 640,210 overseas visitor arrivals to Australia in September. Of those, 584,620 (91.3 percent) visited Australia for short-term stays, up from 371,850 in September 2022, while 55,590 stayed for long-term visits. There were 11,850 permanent arrivals from overseas, an increase of 36.3 percent from 8,690 in September 2022.
New Zealand was the biggest source of overseas visitors to Australia in September, accounting for 128,820 trips, followed by China at 59,080 and the United States with 36,400.
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