Growth in annual visitor arrivals dropped to its lowest level in seven years, as the number of visitors from Asia continued to fall in the October 2019 year, Stats NZ said today.
The total number of overseas visitor arrivals increased 81,500 (2.1 percent) to 3.9 million for the year ended October 2019, compared with the year ended October 2018.
This is the lowest annual growth in an October year since 2012, down from the most recent high of 12 percent in the year ended October 2016, and below the five-year (2015-19) average of 6.8 percent.
Year | Annual change % |
2009 | -1 |
2010 | 3.1 |
2011 | 2.6 |
2012 | -0.6 |
2013 | 4.6 |
2014 | 5.1 |
2015 | 8.6 |
2016 | 11.7 |
2017 | 7.9 |
2018 | 3.6 |
2019 | 2.1 |
Year | Total visitor arrivals |
2009 | 2438626 |
2010 | 2514209 |
2011 | 2579098 |
2012 | 2562997 |
2013 | 2680821 |
2014 | 2817426 |
2015 | 3059449 |
2016 | 3417552 |
2017 | 3688013 |
2018 | 3821658 |
2019 | 3903190 |
“Visitor arrivals from Asia have been falling for the last nine months when compared with the same months last year,” population indicators manager Tehseen Islam said.
The drop in visitors from Asia, especially from China (down 41,900), has been more than offset by increases in visitors from Australia (up 52,800) and the United States (up 22,800). Part of the observed drop in visitor arrivals from Asia, including China, is due to an increase in the number of visitors whose country of residence was not stated.
Year ended | Australia | China | United Kingdom | United States |
Oct-79 | 223014 | 324 | 29632 | 58928 |
Nov-79 | 222026 | 336 | 31036 | 60276 |
Dec-79 | 219698 | 348 | 32364 | 60216 |
Jan-80 | 214770 | 360 | 32956 | 61956 |
Feb-80 | 217086 | 392 | 34088 | 64452 |
Mar-80 | 214478 | 428 | 34672 | 70168 |
Apr-80 | 214065 | 424 | 34780 | 72204 |
May-80 | 214241 | 452 | 34924 | 72248 |
Jun-80 | 216661 | 464 | 34892 | 73301 |
Jul-80 | 218487 | 484 | 34992 | 74317 |
Aug-80 | 219133 | 512 | 35172 | 75065 |
Sep-80 | 218176 | 528 | 35397 | 75517 |
Oct-80 | 218752 | 632 | 36049 | 76262 |
Nov-80 | 219180 | 652 | 33757 | 77374 |
Dec-80 | 217749 | 648 | 34101 | 77800 |
Jan-81 | 217319 | 752 | 32777 | 78721 |
Feb-81 | 213940 | 768 | 34766 | 78662 |
Mar-81 | 215516 | 812 | 35306 | 75258 |
Apr-81 | 216311 | 888 | 35631 | 75186 |
May-81 | 216108 | 840 | 35815 | 76208 |
Jun-81 | 216787 | 836 | 35979 | 76499 |
Jul-81 | 216638 | 864 | 36247 | 77450 |
Aug-81 | 214762 | 852 | 36364 | 78527 |
Sep-81 | 216691 | 872 | 36308 | 79137 |
Oct-81 | 216077 | 788 | 36493 | 79568 |
Nov-81 | 215138 | 792 | 37601 | 77332 |
Dec-81 | 214621 | 936 | 38072 | 76798 |
Jan-82 | 214915 | 844 | 40553 | 75577 |
Feb-82 | 217852 | 804 | 37732 | 73520 |
Mar-82 | 214380 | 768 | 37144 | 73796 |
Apr-82 | 214711 | 752 | 37443 | 75164 |
May-82 | 213202 | 760 | 37507 | 75882 |
Jun-82 | 212923 | 744 | 37523 | 75963 |
Jul-82 | 214628 | 704 | 37687 | 76144 |
Aug-82 | 216944 | 732 | 37658 | 76891 |
Sep-82 | 216823 | 700 | 37777 | 77693 |
Oct-82 | 216187 | 712 | 37568 | 77525 |
Nov-82 | 216745 | 704 | 38179 | 76413 |
Dec-82 | 216676 | 600 | 37931 | 76314 |
Jan-83 | 214501 | 588 | 38058 | 75982 |
Feb-83 | 213340 | 604 | 38042 | 76422 |
Mar-83 | 217371 | 560 | 37854 | 75490 |
Apr-83 | 215990 | 532 | 37806 | 76686 |
May-83 | 216239 | 564 | 37750 | 77006 |
Jun-83 | 217635 | 588 | 38138 | 77761 |
Jul-83 | 220095 | 592 | 38570 | 78413 |
Aug-83 | 218641 | 580 | 38603 | 80741 |
Sep-83 | 220222 | 588 | 38491 | 81993 |
Oct-83 | 221436 | 592 | 38551 | 83841 |
Nov-83 | 222289 | 628 | 38425 | 85249 |
Dec-83 | 224100 | 596 | 39096 | 86720 |
Jan-84 | 223203 | 644 | 39684 | 87772 |
Feb-84 | 224873 | 636 | 39864 | 89300 |
Mar-84 | 223946 | 616 | 40496 | 93992 |
Apr-84 | 228783 | 604 | 40416 | 96344 |
May-84 | 232354 | 568 | 40784 | 96896 |
Jun-84 | 234859 | 576 | 40560 | 98008 |
Jul-84 | 235299 | 580 | 40264 | 98368 |
Aug-84 | 238487 | 560 | 40339 | 97288 |
Sep-84 | 240771 | 600 | 40895 | 96832 |
Oct-84 | 242599 | 656 | 41383 | 97556 |
Nov-84 | 246024 | 628 | 40740 | 100334 |
Dec-84 | 250879 | 696 | 40209 | 101032 |
Jan-85 | 253838 | 684 | 39454 | 102024 |
Feb-85 | 258587 | 784 | 40542 | 103360 |
Mar-85 | 265579 | 856 | 41254 | 102672 |
Apr-85 | 266676 | 948 | 41414 | 105725 |
May-85 | 271048 | 988 | 41570 | 106341 |
Jun-85 | 277461 | 1004 | 41642 | 105961 |
Jul-85 | 279093 | 1024 | 41902 | 106449 |
Aug-85 | 285421 | 1092 | 42090 | 107465 |
Sep-85 | 288647 | 1104 | 42114 | 108797 |
Oct-85 | 290423 | 1140 | 42574 | 112938 |
Nov-85 | 292763 | 1344 | 43040 | 119478 |
Dec-85 | 293558 | 1344 | 43612 | 122960 |
Jan-86 | 297019 | 1348 | 43617 | 126980 |
Feb-86 | 294495 | 1284 | 44684 | 130416 |
Mar-86 | 291044 | 1376 | 45530 | 133908 |
Apr-86 | 289689 | 1340 | 45980 | 136903 |
May-86 | 287682 | 1350 | 45993 | 137877 |
Jun-86 | 283667 | 1332 | 46095 | 139081 |
Jul-86 | 282553 | 1366 | 46252 | 140733 |
Aug-86 | 279027 | 1400 | 46808 | 141723 |
Sep-86 | 277747 | 1437 | 47012 | 143971 |
Oct-86 | 275649 | 1411 | 47482 | 146538 |
Nov-86 | 274493 | 1305 | 47982 | 150172 |
Dec-86 | 273559 | 1411 | 49671 | 153974 |
Jan-87 | 271819 | 1465 | 50527 | 158494 |
Feb-87 | 271843 | 1737 | 52024 | 164400 |
Mar-87 | 272214 | 1821 | 53146 | 163390 |
Apr-87 | 275163 | 1847 | 53774 | 162956 |
May-87 | 273164 | 1937 | 55055 | 164694 |
Jun-87 | 274238 | 2048 | 56391 | 166927 |
Jul-87 | 279060 | 2134 | 56694 | 169447 |
Aug-87 | 275894 | 2220 | 57442 | 171193 |
Sep-87 | 282788 | 2175 | 57582 | 173665 |
Oct-87 | 289390 | 2197 | 58084 | 176529 |
Nov-87 | 294175 | 2245 | 59384 | 178157 |
Dec-87 | 294594 | 2199 | 61048 | 180354 |
Jan-88 | 295204 | 2305 | 63929 | 180589 |
Feb-88 | 293854 | 2158 | 65324 | 177373 |
Mar-88 | 293566 | 2092 | 66749 | 175621 |
Apr-88 | 289202 | 2158 | 67327 | 172423 |
May-88 | 285644 | 2329 | 67303 | 172564 |
Jun-88 | 284067 | 2384 | 67221 | 174735 |
Jul-88 | 281418 | 2442 | 67922 | 176681 |
Aug-88 | 279118 | 2446 | 68474 | 177259 |
Sep-88 | 276974 | 2526 | 69214 | 177317 |
Oct-88 | 271577 | 2674 | 70586 | 177532 |
Nov-88 | 266876 | 2838 | 70856 | 171584 |
Dec-88 | 266414 | 2882 | 72704 | 167525 |
Jan-89 | 264753 | 2871 | 71802 | 161838 |
Feb-89 | 266832 | 2952 | 72837 | 160524 |
Mar-89 | 269496 | 2997 | 72216 | 160353 |
Apr-89 | 272153 | 3048 | 72709 | 160362 |
May-89 | 275231 | 2940 | 72502 | 158589 |
Jun-89 | 280422 | 2976 | 72363 | 155994 |
Jul-89 | 283459 | 2972 | 73104 | 152698 |
Aug-89 | 290901 | 2906 | 73260 | 151036 |
Sep-89 | 296375 | 2911 | 73098 | 149241 |
Oct-89 | 299939 | 2691 | 73076 | 142564 |
Nov-89 | 304440 | 2557 | 73666 | 139192 |
Dec-89 | 312217 | 2513 | 74337 | 137509 |
Jan-90 | 320972 | 2376 | 75868 | 137525 |
Feb-90 | 323633 | 2416 | 77572 | 135033 |
Mar-90 | 327459 | 2413 | 78528 | 136946 |
Apr-90 | 334884 | 2395 | 80994 | 135200 |
May-90 | 337530 | 2323 | 82623 | 136469 |
Jun-90 | 336774 | 2323 | 84432 | 136388 |
Jul-90 | 337981 | 2258 | 84926 | 137071 |
Aug-90 | 338993 | 2313 | 85069 | 137610 |
Sep-90 | 338189 | 2378 | 85401 | 136625 |
Oct-90 | 342292 | 2543 | 86006 | 137164 |
Nov-90 | 344941 | 2754 | 87022 | 138897 |
Dec-90 | 341713 | 3082 | 87255 | 139664 |
Jan-91 | 338269 | 3226 | 86823 | 139460 |
Feb-91 | 341359 | 3016 | 87603 | 139180 |
Mar-91 | 343299 | 3006 | 87963 | 139030 |
Apr-91 | 336876 | 3001 | 86632 | 136428 |
May-91 | 337764 | 2990 | 86178 | 135443 |
Jun-91 | 337289 | 2986 | 86156 | 136703 |
Jul-91 | 338662 | 3011 | 86242 | 136600 |
Aug-91 | 339718 | 3033 | 86066 | 136050 |
Sep-91 | 339829 | 2968 | 86009 | 137442 |
Oct-91 | 340643 | 2957 | 86647 | 136309 |
Nov-91 | 341677 | 2836 | 87296 | 135330 |
Dec-91 | 338509 | 2596 | 87944 | 132690 |
Jan-92 | 339350 | 2614 | 89611 | 130847 |
Feb-92 | 341950 | 2744 | 91971 | 132247 |
Mar-92 | 341098 | 2789 | 92900 | 134710 |
Apr-92 | 348229 | 2829 | 95110 | 136409 |
May-92 | 349349 | 2959 | 95600 | 136489 |
Jun-92 | 350787 | 2911 | 95328 | 134451 |
Jul-92 | 358830 | 3106 | 95264 | 134125 |
Aug-92 | 356949 | 3084 | 95825 | 131782 |
Sep-92 | 359232 | 3231 | 96224 | 128040 |
Oct-92 | 359419 | 3330 | 95872 | 127611 |
Nov-92 | 359358 | 3336 | 96283 | 128633 |
Dec-92 | 363642 | 3612 | 96523 | 131357 |
Jan-93 | 364661 | 3606 | 97508 | 132840 |
Feb-93 | 363585 | 3580 | 96018 | 134860 |
Mar-93 | 361995 | 3617 | 96809 | 134003 |
Apr-93 | 364236 | 3643 | 94720 | 134372 |
May-93 | 362192 | 3672 | 94275 | 136412 |
Jun-93 | 362786 | 3850 | 95640 | 136929 |
Jul-93 | 356373 | 3916 | 95794 | 137369 |
Aug-93 | 357462 | 4279 | 96025 | 138084 |
Sep-93 | 359766 | 4255 | 96241 | 139728 |
Oct-93 | 360279 | 4322 | 97320 | 142681 |
Nov-93 | 358903 | 4337 | 100829 | 143872 |
Dec-93 | 358975 | 4301 | 103387 | 143596 |
Jan-94 | 361989 | 4367 | 104561 | 146052 |
Feb-94 | 364449 | 4535 | 108065 | 146856 |
Mar-94 | 369482 | 4717 | 110720 | 150666 |
Apr-94 | 365603 | 4851 | 112251 | 152889 |
May-94 | 367523 | 5072 | 113200 | 150701 |
Jun-94 | 369429 | 5214 | 112125 | 152424 |
Jul-94 | 370760 | 5236 | 112686 | 154547 |
Aug-94 | 372828 | 5132 | 113653 | 155699 |
Sep-94 | 377942 | 5338 | 114762 | 155990 |
Oct-94 | 380804 | 5616 | 116006 | 155688 |
Nov-94 | 383190 | 6301 | 116303 | 156273 |
Dec-94 | 386061 | 6487 | 116067 | 158493 |
Jan-95 | 387111 | 6753 | 118589 | 158821 |
Feb-95 | 387282 | 7131 | 120095 | 157957 |
Mar-95 | 389581 | 7222 | 118490 | 155731 |
Apr-95 | 396961 | 7517 | 119307 | 154775 |
May-95 | 398594 | 7659 | 119502 | 154906 |
Jun-95 | 397518 | 7876 | 119510 | 155657 |
Jul-95 | 399284 | 8027 | 119920 | 156603 |
Aug-95 | 398188 | 8273 | 120270 | 155144 |
Sep-95 | 398651 | 8364 | 120883 | 153569 |
Oct-95 | 398162 | 8518 | 121424 | 152827 |
Nov-95 | 399960 | 8472 | 121677 | 150715 |
Dec-95 | 402657 | 8918 | 122399 | 152203 |
Jan-96 | 403985 | 9769 | 123048 | 151915 |
Feb-96 | 407426 | 9803 | 123674 | 153935 |
Mar-96 | 409326 | 10050 | 126076 | 151823 |
Apr-96 | 411249 | 10355 | 127377 | 151342 |
May-96 | 413316 | 10723 | 128284 | 151219 |
Jun-96 | 419062 | 10792 | 129418 | 150312 |
Jul-96 | 418903 | 11064 | 129751 | 148147 |
Aug-96 | 423113 | 11230 | 129887 | 148177 |
Sep-96 | 423120 | 11589 | 130105 | 148529 |
Oct-96 | 427789 | 11956 | 130652 | 147723 |
Nov-96 | 431548 | 12496 | 132995 | 148139 |
Dec-96 | 435862 | 13646 | 136485 | 147389 |
Jan-97 | 438058 | 14686 | 140102 | 147843 |
Feb-97 | 438463 | 14922 | 144798 | 145991 |
Mar-97 | 440610 | 15688 | 146711 | 146278 |
Apr-97 | 436068 | 15892 | 146638 | 145346 |
May-97 | 438014 | 16732 | 146638 | 145080 |
Jun-97 | 435920 | 17018 | 146586 | 144636 |
Jul-97 | 437146 | 17142 | 147412 | 145382 |
Aug-97 | 438314 | 17398 | 147940 | 145606 |
Sep-97 | 439001 | 17429 | 148110 | 145568 |
Oct-97 | 438511 | 17350 | 148094 | 143986 |
Nov-97 | 437872 | 17536 | 147488 | 143450 |
Dec-97 | 433010 | 17551 | 148182 | 143574 |
Jan-98 | 435658 | 16765 | 147978 | 145883 |
Feb-98 | 441625 | 17173 | 148962 | 148715 |
Mar-98 | 440778 | 17083 | 147994 | 151765 |
Apr-98 | 453933 | 17155 | 148889 | 153954 |
May-98 | 457091 | 16745 | 148943 | 155860 |
Jun-98 | 459422 | 16814 | 149450 | 156582 |
Jul-98 | 467316 | 16934 | 149956 | 156292 |
Aug-98 | 471132 | 16758 | 150404 | 155948 |
Sep-98 | 477041 | 16899 | 151018 | 156342 |
Oct-98 | 483858 | 17006 | 151120 | 158495 |
Nov-98 | 493181 | 16746 | 153656 | 160610 |
Dec-98 | 501892 | 16410 | 155290 | 162343 |
Jan-99 | 504152 | 16297 | 156684 | 164252 |
Feb-99 | 502900 | 16533 | 157212 | 165564 |
Mar-99 | 508035 | 16325 | 160514 | 165980 |
Apr-99 | 506391 | 16589 | 160146 | 166361 |
May-99 | 507151 | 17059 | 160746 | 166491 |
Jun-99 | 507702 | 17625 | 161533 | 167549 |
Jul-99 | 508414 | 18151 | 162555 | 168019 |
Aug-99 | 512185 | 18751 | 163368 | 169451 |
Sep-99 | 514193 | 19741 | 165263 | 171592 |
Oct-99 | 514732 | 20830 | 168807 | 173507 |
Nov-99 | 515863 | 21894 | 171673 | 174772 |
Dec-99 | 523428 | 23241 | 168271 | 180881 |
Jan-00 | 527221 | 23916 | 168581 | 183060 |
Feb-00 | 534710 | 25927 | 173927 | 186473 |
Mar-00 | 537775 | 26802 | 174838 | 186842 |
Apr-00 | 545176 | 27522 | 180474 | 188759 |
May-00 | 546452 | 28212 | 181399 | 190038 |
Jun-00 | 549264 | 28705 | 182061 | 192604 |
Jul-00 | 552194 | 29874 | 183478 | 197285 |
Aug-00 | 555959 | 30960 | 185487 | 199037 |
Sep-00 | 558808 | 30489 | 185020 | 197373 |
Oct-00 | 563740 | 30933 | 186298 | 198045 |
Nov-00 | 566770 | 32173 | 186932 | 198417 |
Dec-00 | 573862 | 33502 | 200250 | 195781 |
Jan-01 | 580589 | 36915 | 207536 | 193258 |
Feb-01 | 584212 | 37711 | 208685 | 193640 |
Mar-01 | 592737 | 39157 | 209928 | 195551 |
Apr-01 | 596741 | 41008 | 208559 | 194396 |
May-01 | 602811 | 42060 | 208910 | 194168 |
Jun-01 | 611327 | 42895 | 209359 | 194686 |
Jul-01 | 617505 | 45075 | 210936 | 193123 |
Aug-01 | 627105 | 47004 | 211120 | 194097 |
Sep-01 | 633315 | 49464 | 212275 | 193962 |
Oct-01 | 633638 | 51167 | 211549 | 190532 |
Nov-01 | 632844 | 52222 | 211051 | 188010 |
Dec-01 | 630549 | 53174 | 211646 | 187381 |
Jan-02 | 628782 | 53519 | 214629 | 194381 |
Feb-02 | 629003 | 58041 | 217638 | 194024 |
Mar-02 | 633846 | 59748 | 226637 | 196121 |
Apr-02 | 625397 | 61669 | 225787 | 194098 |
May-02 | 626355 | 63563 | 227007 | 193979 |
Jun-02 | 624249 | 65110 | 228086 | 194798 |
Jul-02 | 628788 | 66351 | 228290 | 194628 |
Aug-02 | 622252 | 67472 | 228692 | 194302 |
Sep-02 | 618712 | 69767 | 229907 | 195622 |
Oct-02 | 620765 | 71308 | 232081 | 197456 |
Nov-02 | 624227 | 74287 | 234547 | 201488 |
Dec-02 | 632470 | 76534 | 236986 | 205289 |
Jan-03 | 634996 | 78231 | 240233 | 204791 |
Feb-03 | 639999 | 79318 | 243593 | 205579 |
Mar-03 | 638354 | 79766 | 240029 | 205796 |
Apr-03 | 651638 | 78018 | 246248 | 206912 |
May-03 | 652721 | 73641 | 247680 | 207057 |
Jun-03 | 655467 | 70711 | 249516 | 207840 |
Jul-03 | 653960 | 67695 | 251248 | 208400 |
Aug-03 | 660419 | 65858 | 253248 | 207698 |
Sep-03 | 671096 | 64972 | 254954 | 207856 |
Oct-03 | 677403 | 64964 | 255680 | 208320 |
Nov-03 | 684606 | 64105 | 258569 | 209326 |
Dec-03 | 702162 | 65989 | 264819 | 211624 |
Jan-04 | 716438 | 67532 | 268119 | 212247 |
Feb-04 | 729203 | 63857 | 273162 | 209649 |
Mar-04 | 743388 | 64402 | 276372 | 209516 |
Apr-04 | 760775 | 66734 | 276836 | 211713 |
May-04 | 770306 | 71249 | 277488 | 212962 |
Jun-04 | 782126 | 74329 | 277924 | 212854 |
Jul-04 | 800886 | 77489 | 279036 | 213712 |
Aug-04 | 811391 | 79372 | 279482 | 215896 |
Sep-04 | 824279 | 80268 | 278986 | 216988 |
Oct-04 | 833869 | 81131 | 280840 | 218225 |
Nov-04 | 837859 | 83667 | 281845 | 219733 |
Dec-04 | 855933 | 84368 | 283700 | 218345 |
Jan-05 | 862727 | 81929 | 286655 | 216800 |
Feb-05 | 865140 | 85622 | 287472 | 219196 |
Mar-05 | 875337 | 84226 | 293554 | 220004 |
Apr-05 | 867462 | 84454 | 291178 | 219695 |
May-05 | 869988 | 83860 | 291476 | 220764 |
Jun-05 | 874860 | 83934 | 305283 | 220678 |
Jul-05 | 870320 | 84086 | 308263 | 219130 |
Aug-05 | 870032 | 85043 | 308598 | 218064 |
Sep-05 | 875864 | 84737 | 308446 | 217518 |
Oct-05 | 875157 | 84563 | 308399 | 215880 |
Nov-05 | 876838 | 86500 | 308190 | 214507 |
Dec-05 | 874738 | 87850 | 306815 | 214507 |
Jan-06 | 875739 | 89852 | 307342 | 214205 |
Feb-06 | 877081 | 88224 | 310158 | 218187 |
Mar-06 | 870731 | 90774 | 306608 | 219882 |
Apr-06 | 879501 | 93634 | 310170 | 222766 |
May-06 | 881644 | 96494 | 309402 | 221422 |
Jun-06 | 880774 | 96978 | 294225 | 222532 |
Jul-06 | 880270 | 97866 | 290289 | 224500 |
Aug-06 | 885604 | 98832 | 289134 | 224101 |
Sep-06 | 884056 | 100844 | 289324 | 224285 |
Oct-06 | 892050 | 102489 | 290367 | 225088 |
Nov-06 | 898594 | 104699 | 292414 | 225115 |
Dec-06 | 903504 | 105716 | 294812 | 225629 |
Jan-07 | 902910 | 106504 | 298048 | 224775 |
Feb-07 | 907071 | 112961 | 300029 | 224087 |
Mar-07 | 913994 | 114364 | 302812 | 222454 |
Apr-07 | 913276 | 115565 | 301651 | 222784 |
May-07 | 915933 | 115261 | 301869 | 223275 |
Jun-07 | 919824 | 116601 | 301599 | 221405 |
Jul-07 | 929520 | 116889 | 301527 | 218669 |
Aug-07 | 938114 | 118244 | 302061 | 217934 |
Sep-07 | 940235 | 118372 | 301521 | 217803 |
Oct-07 | 939854 | 119602 | 299857 | 217368 |
Nov-07 | 945600 | 119880 | 297125 | 217250 |
Dec-07 | 950206 | 120804 | 292717 | 216027 |
Jan-08 | 956411 | 122045 | 289447 | 219387 |
Feb-08 | 963794 | 122551 | 290367 | 221319 |
Mar-08 | 970471 | 124323 | 293209 | 222757 |
Apr-08 | 966067 | 124750 | 291120 | 219231 |
May-08 | 966383 | 125424 | 290852 | 218279 |
Jun-08 | 967618 | 123828 | 291061 | 216493 |
Jul-08 | 968866 | 122916 | 290725 | 216853 |
Aug-08 | 969856 | 120342 | 289845 | 216237 |
Sep-08 | 967648 | 117605 | 289247 | 215041 |
Oct-08 | 967717 | 114589 | 288823 | 213014 |
Nov-08 | 969099 | 112155 | 286957 | 212626 |
Dec-08 | 976200 | 112398 | 285094 | 212410 |
Jan-09 | 978003 | 115833 | 280664 | 207342 |
Feb-09 | 980165 | 112475 | 273120 | 201753 |
Mar-09 | 975870 | 113465 | 263733 | 196655 |
Apr-09 | 992674 | 112783 | 263903 | 196859 |
May-09 | 1001880 | 110039 | 263505 | 197055 |
Jun-09 | 1007860 | 107541 | 262378 | 196787 |
Jul-09 | 1023633 | 104865 | 261116 | 196081 |
Aug-09 | 1032802 | 102997 | 259677 | 196823 |
Sep-09 | 1045447 | 103842 | 259639 | 197730 |
Oct-09 | 1061363 | 104926 | 258292 | 197434 |
Nov-09 | 1068667 | 104527 | 258060 | 195038 |
Dec-09 | 1082680 | 102259 | 258438 | 197792 |
Jan-10 | 1095696 | 97432 | 258228 | 197843 |
Feb-10 | 1099433 | 102332 | 256222 | 197590 |
Mar-10 | 1116887 | 100520 | 255376 | 196452 |
Apr-10 | 1117267 | 100122 | 251630 | 194352 |
May-10 | 1114121 | 102246 | 250068 | 195036 |
Jun-10 | 1119437 | 105190 | 248930 | 194008 |
Jul-10 | 1121040 | 109090 | 246568 | 192242 |
Aug-10 | 1120649 | 114258 | 244993 | 192534 |
Sep-10 | 1121761 | 115396 | 243031 | 192154 |
Oct-10 | 1115285 | 116410 | 241252 | 191520 |
Nov-10 | 1115408 | 120222 | 237909 | 191902 |
Dec-10 | 1119879 | 122712 | 234314 | 189709 |
Jan-11 | 1121619 | 127837 | 230846 | 189532 |
Feb-11 | 1123944 | 128862 | 226721 | 189732 |
Mar-11 | 1112040 | 129564 | 219899 | 189958 |
Apr-11 | 1120152 | 129588 | 222803 | 190510 |
May-11 | 1122572 | 130408 | 221483 | 189250 |
Jun-11 | 1111192 | 131648 | 220043 | 188150 |
Jul-11 | 1108080 | 133304 | 218907 | 186662 |
Aug-11 | 1112876 | 135062 | 219265 | 184466 |
Sep-11 | 1122594 | 135630 | 230141 | 185272 |
Oct-11 | 1139842 | 137604 | 232939 | 185522 |
Nov-11 | 1146273 | 141289 | 231764 | 184228 |
Dec-11 | 1156426 | 145524 | 230316 | 184714 |
Jan-12 | 1157962 | 154318 | 225898 | 184772 |
Feb-12 | 1159930 | 151598 | 221708 | 183960 |
Mar-12 | 1168316 | 160268 | 222152 | 184056 |
Apr-12 | 1161476 | 168164 | 216216 | 183664 |
May-12 | 1159444 | 172532 | 214800 | 182972 |
Jun-12 | 1175296 | 175488 | 214448 | 182816 |
Jul-12 | 1175632 | 177904 | 212816 | 182336 |
Aug-12 | 1178432 | 180768 | 210400 | 181856 |
Sep-12 | 1172384 | 186768 | 198384 | 180112 |
Oct-12 | 1155648 | 191488 | 193536 | 179072 |
Nov-12 | 1157920 | 194752 | 191360 | 177856 |
Dec-12 | 1155792 | 197024 | 189648 | 177680 |
Jan-13 | 1157952 | 192448 | 187280 | 181136 |
Feb-13 | 1157808 | 208704 | 186304 | 183344 |
Mar-13 | 1170736 | 210240 | 189472 | 188032 |
Apr-13 | 1171504 | 216832 | 189040 | 188016 |
May-13 | 1179456 | 220736 | 189056 | 188592 |
Jun-13 | 1183856 | 222720 | 189008 | 189456 |
Jul-13 | 1189008 | 225776 | 190480 | 190576 |
Aug-13 | 1193520 | 229184 | 191200 | 191040 |
Sep-13 | 1195712 | 236336 | 190880 | 191472 |
Oct-13 | 1203648 | 234560 | 190176 | 192160 |
Nov-13 | 1210624 | 231120 | 190816 | 196880 |
Dec-13 | 1218016 | 228928 | 191632 | 201424 |
Jan-14 | 1226448 | 240288 | 194688 | 200624 |
Feb-14 | 1236576 | 237248 | 196384 | 205360 |
Mar-14 | 1221152 | 239712 | 191872 | 207664 |
Apr-14 | 1235920 | 239376 | 194288 | 209280 |
May-14 | 1236160 | 239584 | 194400 | 211184 |
Jun-14 | 1235808 | 240496 | 194384 | 211712 |
Jul-14 | 1239808 | 243472 | 194032 | 211680 |
Aug-14 | 1238528 | 245632 | 193680 | 212432 |
Sep-14 | 1239568 | 242800 | 194096 | 213680 |
Oct-14 | 1243936 | 248784 | 194240 | 215744 |
Nov-14 | 1246320 | 257584 | 194256 | 218848 |
Dec-14 | 1247760 | 264864 | 194416 | 220512 |
Jan-15 | 1257536 | 260416 | 195392 | 221568 |
Feb-15 | 1259248 | 287888 | 195984 | 226608 |
Mar-15 | 1273152 | 295552 | 199760 | 226960 |
Apr-15 | 1273440 | 302128 | 198096 | 229776 |
May-15 | 1277152 | 309792 | 198272 | 231008 |
Jun-15 | 1285632 | 313376 | 198080 | 233344 |
Jul-15 | 1290192 | 315248 | 198752 | 235232 |
Aug-15 | 1294272 | 320432 | 199248 | 236272 |
Sep-15 | 1304384 | 327904 | 198960 | 237312 |
Oct-15 | 1310256 | 335392 | 198768 | 237664 |
Nov-15 | 1317616 | 344944 | 200112 | 239952 |
Dec-15 | 1326800 | 355904 | 203952 | 243104 |
Jan-16 | 1330064 | 371072 | 207600 | 247536 |
Feb-16 | 1344864 | 368256 | 211248 | 247920 |
Mar-16 | 1364736 | 377840 | 213792 | 253792 |
Apr-16 | 1360544 | 390208 | 213280 | 254176 |
May-16 | 1361168 | 394528 | 213040 | 255344 |
Jun-16 | 1365440 | 396928 | 213808 | 257536 |
Jul-16 | 1372112 | 403152 | 214192 | 262000 |
Aug-16 | 1375360 | 404160 | 214496 | 266272 |
Sep-16 | 1384432 | 405504 | 215488 | 269984 |
Oct-16 | 1390208 | 407824 | 217056 | 275008 |
Nov-16 | 1392912 | 409840 | 217632 | 282144 |
Dec-16 | 1409200 | 409008 | 220976 | 291392 |
Jan-17 | 1414352 | 422256 | 221136 | 296640 |
Feb-17 | 1415696 | 402832 | 224416 | 307136 |
Mar-17 | 1406256 | 404384 | 222784 | 312816 |
Apr-17 | 1433088 | 400288 | 227888 | 320448 |
May-17 | 1442256 | 398832 | 229072 | 322960 |
Jun-17 | 1450624 | 398000 | 244384 | 325472 |
Jul-17 | 1456672 | 401120 | 246480 | 323600 |
Aug-17 | 1461872 | 404224 | 246400 | 321440 |
Sep-17 | 1466624 | 407744 | 246032 | 319520 |
Oct-17 | 1463504 | 411424 | 246336 | 320496 |
Nov-17 | 1474144 | 414480 | 248720 | 324880 |
Dec-17 | 1472160 | 417872 | 249264 | 330128 |
Jan-18 | 1475472 | 401056 | 251072 | 333968 |
Feb-18 | 1475072 | 436256 | 250128 | 337664 |
Mar-18 | 1495392 | 437696 | 254832 | 340144 |
Apr-18 | 1474592 | 444864 | 251424 | 337584 |
May-18 | 1478304 | 447840 | 250880 | 337680 |
Jun-18 | 1471248 | 449024 | 235184 | 337280 |
Jul-18 | 1474800 | 448928 | 232432 | 338192 |
Aug-18 | 1477920 | 451232 | 233008 | 339104 |
Sep-18 | 1474464 | 452944 | 233440 | 340864 |
Oct-18 | 1484400 | 451344 | 234160 | 343984 |
Nov-18 | 1492253 | 449484 | 235000 | 347141 |
Dec-18 | 1494541 | 448189 | 237166 | 352074 |
Jan-19 | 1502354 | 454767 | 236422 | 354077 |
Feb-19 | 1503589 | 436700 | 234751 | 354693 |
Mar-19 | 1491000 | 434323 | 230307 | 362394 |
Apr-19 | 1511983 | 424469 | 233813 | 363974 |
May-19 | 1512735 | 421707 | 233723 | 365072 |
Jun-19 | 1514599 | 421113 | 233789 | 366972 |
Jul-19 | 1516489 | 420139 | 234071 | 367961 |
Aug-19 | 1522292 | 417930 | 233707 | 368892 |
Sep-19 | 1530197 | 413037 | 233732 | 369493 |
Oct-19 | 1537215 | 409428 | 234184 | 366787 |
More than one-third of visitors from Australia come to New Zealand to visit friends and family. About three-quarters of visitors from China, and two-thirds of visitors from the USA, come for a holiday.
Overseas visitor arrivals steady in October
The total number of overseas visitor arrivals to New Zealand was 283,800 in the October 2019 month, up 300 (0.1 percent) on the same month last year. The largest movements were from:
- Australia – up 7,000
- Taiwan – up 1,700
- China – down 3,600
- United States – down 2,700
- Malaysia – down 1,700
- Germany – down 1,000.
Japan kicks off for Kiwis in October
New Zealand residents arrived home from 326,400 overseas trips in the October 2019 month. This is almost identical to October 2018, which had 326,200 New Zealand-resident arrivals. The largest movements were from:
- Japan – up 2,500
- Indonesia – up 2,300
- United States – down 2,400.
“The increase in New Zealand residents returning from Japan coincided with the 2019 Rugby World Cup being hosted in that country,” population indicators manager Tehseen Islam said.
The total number of New Zealand-resident traveller arrivals for the year ended October 2019 was 3.07 million, up 63,900 from the year ended October 2018.