New Zealand's Overseas Visitor Arrivals Continue to Rise

The total number of overseas visitor arrivals in October 2024 was 85 percent of the 283,800 in October 2019, which was before the COVID-19 pandemic, Stats NZ said.

Of the 240,200 overseas visitor arrivals in October 2024, 46 percent were from Australia, 9 percent from the United States, 7 percent from China, 5 percent from Britain, 3 percent from India, and 3 percent from Germany, statistics show.

In terms of annual arrivals, New Zealand's overseas visitor arrivals were 3.25 million in the October 2024 year, an increase of 413,000 from the October 2023 year, with the biggest changes in arrivals from China, Australia, the United States, South Korea and Japan, Stats NZ said.

New Zealand-resident traveler arrivals were 2.97 million in the October 2024 year, an increase of 383,000 from the October 2023 year, it said.

Regarding border crossings, there were 1.07 million border crossings in October 2024, made up of 569,900 arrivals and 504,400 departures. In October 2023, 1.02 million border crossings were recorded, Stats NZ said, adding New Zealand's October 2024 border crossings were 92 percent of the 1.17 million in October 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic.

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