Short-term overseas arrivals to Canberra in April 2020 fell by 99.2 per cent compared with the same month last year, according to new data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

There were just 60 short-term visitors to the national capital during April this year, compared to 7220 the year before.

Meanwhile, long-term arrivals - those intending to stay for one year or more - fell by 99.1 per cent in the same time period with less than 10 arriving during the month.

The figures come as every state and territory recorded a drop of more than 99 per cent in the number of short-term visitors.

Of those who did fly to Australia during April, 16 per cent of those arrivals were from New Zealand, the largest source country, followed by the US and Germany.

The bureau's director of migration statistics Jenny Dobak said April's figures came off the back of previous record declines in visitor numbers in March, as coronavirus restrictions came in.

"Short-term visitor arrivals also fell to 2200 trips, a 99.7 per cent decrease from the 700,400 recorded in April 2019," Ms Dobak said.

Ms Dobak said just 17,000 Australians returned home from overseas during this April, compared to more than 916,000 the year before.

The bureau said there was also a nearly 100 per cent drop in the number of travellers coming into the country on international student visas.

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While there were 44,470 international students who came into the country in April 2019, this year it was less than 30.

Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt said discussions were being had on the possibility on international students returning to Australia.

However, no dates have been set for such a proposal.

Mr Hunt said work was being done to develop pathways for business travellers and international students to re-enter the country following the pandemic.

"One [pathway] is to use our quarantine system with international students and appropriately with people who are delivering national benefit whether it is in business or other areas," Mr Hunt told ABC's Insiders program on Sunday.

"Secondly, where we can have a safe relationship with another country...and New Zealand is at the top of the list, having a non-quarantine approach which will open up borders."

The federal government has extended travel bans to any country overseas to at least September 17.

Travel bans were set to run out in mid-June, after the government issued the highest-advice level to travellers in March not to travel overseas.