Monthly Statistical Bulletin
7.3 Overseas arrivals—visitors and settlers
Month	2007–08	2008–09	2009–10	2010–11	2011–12
Visitors (a) – '000
July	486.4	531.6	463.8	514.8	506.1
August	437.1	420.2	416.7	453.4	468.6
September	435.3	402.2	438.5	474.9	432.2
October	465.7	456.0	485.6	493.5	498.1
November	498.8	473.3	485.0	517.1	520.1
December	615.0	611.4	648.2	676.7
January	446.1	458.3	456.0	479.4
February	543.5	504.0	558.3	557.0
March	513.7	488.6	528.3	501.1
April	424.1	455.6	430.2	462.4
May	380.9	374.9	376.4	386.6
June	382.7	364.8	405.4	390.1
Annual	5 629.3	5 540.9	5 692.4	5 907.0
Settlers (b) – '000
July	10.0	11.5	11.2	9.7	11.5
August	12.8	15.5	13.3	11.6	12.9
September	11.4	13.9	12.6	10.8	12.7
October	10.8	13.7	11.6	9.4	12.4
November	12.5	14.0	11.6	9.4	12.9
December	12.0	13.2	11.9	10.0
January	13.0	14.2	11.5	10.5
February	13.4	14.0	12.3	10.5
March	14.7	13.7	12.9	11.6
April	12.5	12.1	10.8	11.2
May	13.2	11.4	10.5	11.0
June	13.1	11.0	10.5	11.7
Annual	149.4	158.0	140.6	127.5
(a) Visitors are overseas visitors whose intended stay in Australia is less than 12 months.
(b) Settlers are travellers who hold migrant visas, New Zealand citizens who indicate an intention to settle, and those who are otherwise eligible to settle.
								Update
Source: ABS, Overseas arrivals and departures, Cat. no. 3401.0								7 February 2012