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Table 17 (Continued) Average expenditure for all visitors (a) by country of residence and
main purpose of journey by expenditure item
Phone,
Motor Education internet, fax
vehicles
fees and/or postage Other (b)
Total excluding
package tours
and prepaid
international Total
Total
airfares visitors
$ $ $ $ $ $ '000
Country of residence
New Zealand 79 73 17 37 2,094 1,519 1,002
Japan 25 216 23 21 3,618 1,771 565
Hong Kong 148 970 51 49 4,520 3,435 138
Singapore 89 1,060 46 46 4,155 3,294 229
Malaysia 172 1,465 62 75 4,941 3,962 142
Indonesia 52 1,670 74 71 5,334 4,438 77
Taiwan 72 715 38 31 3,984 2,564 84
Thailand 50 958 75 55 4,589 3,522 71
Korea 191 980 63 29 5,774 3,945 247
China 155 1,140 76 57 5,411 3,806 323
India 91 1,114 88 72 5,102 3,778 83
Other Asia 57 955 71 71 4,214 3,070 100
USA 20 381 40 55 5,458 2,763 427
Canada 56 359 58 75 6,492 3,762 105
United Kingdom 106 18 45 36 5,907 3,019 685
Germany 68 266 47 34 6,580 3,631 144
Scandinavia 108 291 61 57 6,602 3,754 79
France 149 299 87 47 6,635 3,930 66
Italy 28 275 41 23 6,644 3,076 51
Netherlands 69 112 45 38 5,995 3,385 48
Switzerland 48 397 55 36 7,928 4,784 41
Other Europe 71 139 77 49 6,495 3,907 171
Other countries 93 484 52 57 4,507 2,793 317
Main purpose of journey (including backpackers)
Holiday 45 56 28 20 4,385 2,262 2,642
Visiting friends & relatives 80 118 22 33 3,218 1,747 1,071
Business 84 28 36 88 3,351 1,991 856
Education 263 5,890 224 130 13,909 12,388 336
Employment 563 135 200 107 7,298 6,153 118
Other 87 273 36 52 3,081 1,707 171
Main purpose of journey (excluding backpackers)
Holiday 34 43 17 15 3,935 1,833 2,250
Visiting friends & relatives 83 122 21 33 3,168 1,710 1,028
Business 86 27 35 86 3,343 1,978 838
Education 300 6,092 229 134 13,889 12,527 276
Employment 652 135 188 111 6,558 5,575 88
Other 89 275 32 52 2,895 1,551 158
Backpackers 104 646 105 58 7,521 5,398 556
Total 86 451 45 44 4,613 2,836 5,194
Base: All visitors aged 15 years and over.
(a) Average expenditure data in this table are different from those presented in table 18 as, in this table, average expenditure per international visitor is calculated
by dividing expenditure by all international visitors, rather than dividing it only by the number of international visitors who had expenditure on that item.
(b) Includes convention registration fees, medical expenses and other expenses not elsewhere specified.
34 International Visitors in Australia: June Quarter 2007
Year ended 30 June 2007