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New Zealand sees record number of winter visitors

The number of overseas visitors to New Zealand last month was a record for July, up 6 percent year on year to 183,700, the government statistics agency announced today.

Australia led the way with visitor numbers up by 6.6 percent, or 5,200, from July 2012, followed by China (up 25.2 percent or 3, 100), the United Kingdom (up 21.7 percent or 1,500), and the United States up 11.5 percent or 1,100), according to Statistics New Zealand.

In the year to the end of July, there were 2.647 million visitors from all countries, up 1 percent from the previous year.

Meanwhile, the number of New Zealand resident short-term trips abroad in July was the highest monthly figure ever, rising by 15 percent year on year to 237,000, said a statement from Statistics New Zealand.




 

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