New Zealand in Profile: 2011
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). New Zealand has several international airports. Auckland Airport is the busiest. Peak travel months are December to February.
Short term travel |
|
2010 |
2005 |
| (million) |
| Overseas visitor arrival |
2.5 |
2.4 |
| NZ-resident departures |
2.0 |
1.8 | New Zealand’s top 10 visitor source countries for 2010 were the five listed below, followed by Germany, the Republic of Korea, Canada, Singapore, and India.
Top five visitor source countries |
Country of last permanent residence |
2010 |
2005 |
| (thousand) |
| Australia |
1,119 |
875 |
| United Kingdom |
249 |
305 |
| United States of America |
194 |
221 |
| China, People’s Republic of |
105 |
84 |
| Japan |
84 |
163 |
| Note: All data refers to June years. | |
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