Australia Yearbook - 2001

Chapter 22—Tourism 793
trips for Australians travelling to all destinations,
except for those travelling to the Philippines,
Middle East and North Africa and ‘Other Asia’
where ‘visiting friends/relatives’ was the main
purpose.
Australians travelling for ‘business’ purposes
accounted for 16% of Australian outbound
travellers. Their main destinations were New
Zealand, the United States, ‘Other Asia’ and
Singapore.
The long distances Australian residents travel to
other countries is reflected in the length of time
spent abroad. In 1999 only 12% stayed abroad
less than a week, while 33% stayed away for over
a month (table 22.14). In addition to distances
involved in getting to destination countries, the
high proportion of Australians ‘visiting
friends/relatives’ also contributed to long periods
of stay, as such travellers traditionally tend to stay
in destination countries longer than other types
of visitors. In 1999, 51% of such visitors stayed
away for over a month.
22.13 AUSTRALIANS TRAVELLING ABROAD, By Country/Region of Main Destination and Main Purpose of
Trip—1999
Main purpose of trip
Convention/
conference
Business
Visiting
friends/
relatives
Holiday
Employment
Education
Other
and
not
stated
Total
Change
on
1998
Country/region of
main destination
’000 ’000 ’000 ’000 ’000 ’000 ’000 ’000 %
Fiji 3.4 7.8 13.8 84.2 0.8 1.2 4.1 115.3 16.2
New Zealand 19.4 99.7 162.7 173.3 4.8 4.4 24.7 488.9 4.0
Other Oceania 2.3 23.4 16.2 77.9 17.1 3.1 8.4 148.4 3.0
Italy 3.6 6.7 16.3 34.4 0.5 1.3 1.5 64.2 1.9
United Kingdom 8.6 34.5 121.2 151.4 8.9 3.1 9.7 337.4 –1.7
Other Europe 15.9 33.0 93.2 98.6 3.2 5.5 12.5 262.0 –1.2
Indonesia 5.0 22.6 13.5 224.0 5.4 1.9 8.3 280.6 –19.7
Malaysia 6.8 22.0 25.5 57.1 3.3 0.8 4.5 119.9 7.1
Philippines 1.2 10.9 24.0 14.9 0.5 0.2 3.5 55.2 –3.7
Singapore 8.2 40.8 20.5 58.5 5.4 1.6 5.8 140.8 14.9
Thailand 4.4 14.6 10.4 102.0 1.3 0.5 3.8 137.0 0.9
China 2.7 25.3 25.6 28.5 2.6 1.9 4.4 90.9 10.8
Hong Kong (SAR of China) 5.3 35.1 37.3 44.9 7.3 1.6 4.8 136.4 –7.5
Other Asia 6.8 52.1 92.5 75.1 6.7 8.3 11.9 253.4 8.4
United States of America 39.5 69.8 57.7 157.1 6.3 5.8 10.9 347.0 7.6
Other America 4.2 9.9 25.8 42.5 1.8 1.5 3.0 88.6 15.2
Middle East and North
Africa 1.1 6.5 29.6 27.0 3.6 1.2 6.7 75.8 3.4
Other Africa 2.6 10.6 14.0 19.9 1.2 0.6 3.5 52.3 1.0
Not stated 0.1 0.4 — 4.4 0.4 — 10.5 15.8 43.3
Total 141.0 525.8 799.8 1 475.5 81.1 44.3 142.5 3 210.0 1.5
Source: Overseas Arrivals and Departures, Australia (3401.0).