International Travel and Migration: February 2010

Highlights

Visitor arrivals (267,900) were up 4 percent from February 2009 (256,600). More visitors arrived from China (up 4,900) and Australia (up 3,700). New Zealand residents departed on 104,000 overseas trips, up 8 percent from February 2009 (96,700). New Zealand residents departed on more trips to Australia (up 2,500) and China (up 1,400). Permanent and long-term arrivals exceeded departures by 1,000 on a seasonally adjusted basis.