New Zealand lies around 1,600km from Australia’s eastern coast (a three-hour flight) and 9,000–12,000km from all Pacific Rim destinations (10- to 16-hour flight). Auckland has the busiest of the several airports servicing international travellers. Peak travel months are December to February.
|
2003 |
2008 |
Short-term travel |
(million) |
| Overseas visitor arrivals |
2.1 |
2.5 |
| NZ resident departures |
1.3 |
2.0 |
New Zealand’s top 10 visitor source countries for 2008 were the five listed below, followed by the Republic of Korea, Germany, Canada, Singapore and the Netherlands.
|
2003 |
2008 |
Top five visitor source countries |
(thousand) |
| Country of last permanent residence |
|
|
| Australia |
655 |
968 |
| United Kingdom |
250 |
291 |
| United States of America |
208 |
216 |
| China, People's Republic of |
71 |
124 |
| Japan |
163 |
115 |
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