CANBERRA, Oct. 13 (Xinhua) -- Short-term visitors to Australia from the Chinese mainland in August increased by 8.4 percent year-on-year, according to official data released Tuesday.
The Australian Bureau of Statistics said that 106,990 people from the Chinese mainland arrived for short-term visits in August, up 8.4 percent from August 2025 and 36.2 percent from August 2024.
The data showed that visitors from the Chinese mainland accounted for 14.2 percent of the total 755,530 people who arrived in Australia on short-term trips in August compared to 13.1 percent in August 2025.
New Zealand remained the leading source of short-term visitors to Australia for the month despite a 3.9 percent decline in arrivals. ■