International travel covers the number and characteristics of overseas visitors and New Zealand resident travellers (short-term movements) entering or leaving New Zealand.

Key facts

Monthly arrivals – overseas visitors

Overseas visitor arrivals were 321,200 in November 2024, an increase of 17,800 from November 2023. The biggest changes were in arrivals from:

• Australia (up 14,100)
• United Kingdom (up 3,700)
• Singapore (up 1,900)
• Germany (up 1,200)
• Japan (up 1,200)
• Korea (up 1,200)
• Taiwan (up 1,100)
• United States (down 1,000).

The total number of overseas visitor arrivals in November 2024 was 86 percent of the 372,100 in November 2019 (before the COVID-19 pandemic).

Visit our website to read this information release: 

https://www.stats.govt.nz/information-releases/international-travel-november-2024

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