Japan overtakes the USA for fourth spot in favored destinations for Aussies

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Interesting stats for the USA which refute the commonly held reason for the Fall. Big drop from 2019 to 2023 and silight recovery in 2024 and slightly more for 2025.
 
Nothing sinister.
By officially I mean enter the country. Had a couple of transits but never left the airport or cleared immigration
 
Interesting that everything on that list has reached/past precovid travel levels, except the US.

Probably doesn't hurt that Aussies were getting about an extra 10c/AUD back then.

Meanwhile it was about 75 JPY to the AUD.
 
So instead of Bali bogans, we are going to have Japan…. Fill in the blank 😩
Actually, the influx to Indonesia (Bali) is at all time highs according to those stats - think I’ll pass.
 

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