International Travel and Migration: July 2010

In July 2010 compared with July 2009:

• Visitor arrivals (182,900) were up 4 percent.
  
• There were more visitors from China (up 3,900), Japan (up 2,800), and Australia (up 1,600).
  
• New Zealand residents departed on 208,000 overseas trips, up 5 percent.
  
• New Zealand residents departed on more trips to Australia (up 7,700) and Samoa (up 1,000), but fewer to the United Kingdom (down 1,300).
  

In July 2010:

• Permanent and long-term arrivals exceeded departures by 1,000 on a seasonally adjusted basis.