Conference / Convention Arrivals to Australia - August 2008
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) publishes short-term international arrivals to Australia on a monthly basis. The data is collected from passenger cards that international visitors complete when they enter Australia. These cards request information including purpose of visit, demographics and trip details. The following analysis focuses on international arrivals whose main purpose of visit was to attend a conference and convention in Australia.
Highlights
> There were 199,600 convention or conference arrivals during the year ended 31 August 2008, an increase of 9 per cent yearon-
year. Similarly, overall business arrivals increased 4 per cent year-on-year to 864,400, while total arrivals to Australia
were unchanged at 5.7 million.
> There were 64,800 convention or conference arrivals during the three months ended 31 August 2008, an increase of 26 per
cent year-on-year. Similarly, overall business arrivals increased 6 per cent year-on-year, while total arrivals to Australia
increased 1 per cent.
> There were 16,500 convention or conference arrivals during August 2008, a decrease of 1 per cent year-on-year. Similarly,
overall business arrivals decreased 2 per cent year-on-year, while total arrivals to Australia decreased 4 per cent.
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