International Travel and Migration: April 2010

Highlights

Visitor arrivals (188,000) were down 4 percent from April 2009 (195,900). More visitors arrived from Korea (up 1,300), but fewer arrived from the United Kingdom (down 3,700) and the United States (down 2,100). New Zealand residents departed on 163,000 overseas trips, similar to April 2009 (162,400). New Zealand residents departed on more trips to the United States (up 1,000), but fewer to Australia (down 2,600) and the United Kingdom (down 1,900). Permanent and long-term arrivals exceeded departures by 800 on a seasonally adjusted basis.