Drop ... the number of Australian visitors to Bali slipped slightly in April compared with the same month last year. Source: Supplied

The Australian Bureau of Statistics’ data revealed 762,000 short term departures were recorded in the month, compared with 807,500 in April 2014.

Despite the decrease, destinations like New Zealand, Japan and Papua New Guinea still received more Aussie visitors than a year ago.

Still popular ... Australians are still heading to New Zealand in growing numbers. Picture: Tourism New Zealand Source: Supplied

However visitors to the US, Indonesia, China and Thailand declined compared with the same month last year.

The data comes on the back of yesterday’s National Visitor Survey by Tourism Research Australia that revealed more Australians were holidaying at home.

The weaker currency was cited as contributing to the rise in domestic travel and a TRA spokesman predicted overseas holidays would fall in response.

Drive revival ... The road trip is tipped to make a comeback as overseas travel tapers off. Pic: ThinkStock Source: ThinkStock

Heading in the other direction, international visitors continued to flock to Australia in rising numbers, swarming through Customs at a rate of more than 18,000 a day.

New Zealanders, Chinese and American visitors led the stampede through Australian airports and cruise terminals, which recorded a total 551,400 arrivals.

The figure represented a 4.7 per cent increase on the same time last year, and Tourism Australia Managing Director John O’Sullivan welcomed the “solid growth”.

Thumbs up ... Indian tourists Preeti Gulati and Anaisha Gulati, 8, enjoy the sunshine at Green Island, part of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park off Cairns. Pic: Brendan Radke/News Corp Australia Source: News Corp Australia

“Standouts would be the continued strong performance of the Americas and Asia, once again reinforcing the critical importance of adopting a balanced portfolio in our international marketing,” said Mr O’Sullivan.

“The feedback from Australian operators and international buyers at the Australian Tourism Exchange in Melbourne last week was very upbeat, suggesting a positive outlook for the rest of the year.”

More than 238,000 overseas visitors spent most of their stay in New South Wales, an increase of eight per cent on a year ago.

Say cheese ... Chinese tourists Linfu Wen and Yeyun Shang take holiday snaps on the Gold Coast. Picture: Regi Varghese/News Corp Australia Source: News Corp Australia

Victoria achieved 14.8 per cent growth in international travellers to 143,100 while Queensland managed a three per cent lift to 127,500.

Despite the Cricket World Cup wrapping up in March, Indian visitors grew 18 per cent, from 17,000 last April to 20,100.