Markets & Stats

In this section you can access the latest information about our offshore tourism markets. Our market guides include market characteristics, latest visitor data, information on what we're doing offshore and advice on working in the different international markets.

There is also a range of research available from Tourism New Zealand and the Ministry of Economic Development's Tourism Strategy Group, which will help you in your business planning. Visit the tourism research website for detailed visitor data, or please see below for more information.

International Visitor Arrivals March 2012

Country Visitors % Change
Australia 102,016 9.0%
United Kingdom 20,064 2.3%
United States 19,536 0.5%
China 19,200 82.3%
CountryVisitors% Change
Japan 8,208 21.1%
Germany 6,272 5.6%
South Korea 5,456 12.3%
Canada 5,488 6.4%
  • Australia

    Official New Zealand Government forecasts are for Australian visitor arrivals to reach 1.24 million in 2012 (source: New Zealand Tourism Forecasts 2010-2016). One of the drivers of expected growth...

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  • China

    The optimistic outlook for continued growth has been confirmed with the increase of airline services and capacity over the summer high season. Direct services between China to New Zealand...

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  • United Kingdom

    New Zealand has long been a favourite holiday destination for British travellers. More than 230,000 visit annually, making the UK market second only to Australia for visitor numbers and...

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  • Germany

    Germany is our second-largest visitor market in Europe, and one that presents significant opportunities for New Zealand tourism.

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  • North America

    The United States is New Zealand's third-largest international tourism market in terms of visitor arrivals and it is a market where there are real opportunities for growth in the...

    United States Canada
  • Japan

    Arrival numbers from Japan were up 11 per cent prior to the earthquake in Christchurch on 22 February 2011. However, this growth has since fallen in the 2011 year...

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  • North Asia

    South Korea is New Zealand's seventh largest market in terms of visitor numbers and our seventh largest source of expenditure.

    South Korea Taiwan Hong Kong
  • South East Asia

    High disposable incomes and a willingness to spend on luxury brands and big-ticket items like holidays, as well as an increasingly global mindset, are driving outbound travel from this...

    India Thailand Singapore Malaysia
  • Research

    There are a range of tourism data sets and reports available from both Tourism New Zealand and the Ministry of Economic Development's Tourism Strategy Group. These include Tourism New...

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