International Travel and Migration: June 2009

Highlights

Visitor arrivals (135,200) were down 5 percent from June 2008 (142,400).
There were more visitors from Australia (up 6,000), but fewer visitors from Japan (down 4,700), Korea (down 2,900), and China (down 2,500).
Departures of New Zealand residents (176,300) were down 5 percent from June 2008 (186,000).
New Zealand residents departed on fewer trips to Australia (down 5,400), the United Kingdom (down 1,900), and Fiji (down 1,100).
Permanent and long-term arrivals exceeded departures by 1,700 on a seasonally adjusted basis.