International Travel and Migration: November 2009

Highlights

Visitor arrivals (219,900) were up less than 1 percent from November 2008 (219,300). There were more visitors from Australia (up 7,300), but fewer visitors from the United States (down 2,400). Overseas trips by New Zealand residents (158,400) were up 2 percent from November 2008 (155,200). New Zealand residents departed on more trips to India (up 1,100) and the United States (up 1,000), but fewer trips to the Cook Islands and Australia (each down 800). Permanent and long-term arrivals exceeded departures by 1,800 on a seasonally adjusted basis.