Visitor arrivals to Australia up 4% in Jan-2019, arrivals from China up 21%

Tourism Australia reported (07-Apr-2019) visitor arrivals to Australia for Jan-2019. Details include:

• Visitor arrivals: 731,000, +4.1% year-on-year;
  • China: 142,800, +20.7%;
  • New Zealand: 92,700, +4.9%;
  • UK: 74,000, -2.9%;
  • US: 67,600, -3.3%;
  • Japan: 31,200, -0.6%;
  • India: 24,700, +6.0%;
  • Singapore: 18,300, +17.3%;
  • Hong Kong: 17,100, +7.5%;
  • Malaysia: 12,700, -7.3%;
  • South Korea: 29,800, -13.6%. [more - original PR]