International travel: November 2022

List of tables
1 International travel and migration summary, by direction and passenger type
2 Estimated short-term travel, by direction and passenger type
3 Estimated short-term travel, by direction and passenger type, seasonally adjusted and trend
4 Overseas visitor arrivals, by country of last permanent residence (top 46)
5 Overseas visitor arrivals, by travel purpose and country of last permanent residence
6 New Zealand-resident traveller arrivals, by main country visited (top 42)
7 New Zealand-resident traveller arrivals, by travel purpose and main country visited
8 Key characteristics of short-term travellers

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Table 1
International travel and migration summary
By direction and passenger type
Arrivals Departures
Intentions-based measure(2) Outcomes-based measure(3) Intentions-based measure(2) Outcomes-based measure(3)
Status of Long-term Long-term Estimated net
Period Total Total
estimated Overseas NZ-resident Short-term movements Overseas NZ-resident Short-term movements migration(12)
Residual(6) movements(8) Residual(6) movements(8)
migration(1) visitors(4) travellers(5) movements (migrant visitors(9) travellers(10) movements (migrant
arrivals)(7) departures)(11)
Series ref: ITM SVAZA SRAZA SEMAAE STZAA SVDZA SRDZA SEMADE STZDA SEMANE

November month
2012 F 232,119 161,596 7,341 391,991 9,065 401,056 206,009 173,185 5,644 375,882 8,956 384,838 109
2013 F 251,060 169,504 8,225 418,739 10,050 428,789 224,501 171,335 4,540 393,163 7,213 400,376 2,837
2014 F 270,408 182,726 9,866 451,648 11,352 463,000 250,719 177,810 4,029 425,758 6,800 432,558 4,552
2015 F 300,521 192,971 10,634 491,798 12,328 504,126 275,961 182,427 3,615 455,498 6,505 462,003 5,823
2016 F 333,598 206,046 11,174 538,527 12,291 550,818 297,184 208,397 4,083 502,745 6,919 509,664 5,372
2017 F 360,136 214,488 11,073 573,922 11,775 585,697 319,968 222,971 4,322 540,023 7,238 547,261 4,537
2018 F 385,789 221,845 9,307 605,214 11,727 616,941 329,886 244,605 0 567,171 7,320 574,491 4,407
2019 F 372,108 233,660 9,509 597,054 18,223 615,277 322,844 248,020 0 561,174 9,690 570,864 8,533
2020 F 5,116 2,468 4,157 6,893 4,848 11,741 4,680 8,930 0 8,462 5,148 13,610 -300
2021 P 5,309 3,364 3,651 8,227 4,097 12,324 3,478 12,892 0 10,526 5,844 16,370 -1,746
2022 P 231,313 175,494 13,983 402,525 18,265 420,790 182,265 189,093 0 359,203 12,155 371,358 6,110
Year ended November
2012 F 2,564,824 2,179,043 84,649 4,727,575 100,941 4,828,516 2,585,636 2,171,249 86,216 4,730,489 112,612 4,843,101 -11,671
2013 F 2,699,762 2,218,769 93,027 4,902,606 108,952 5,011,558 2,721,142 2,189,032 73,549 4,888,190 95,533 4,983,723 13,419
2014 F 2,836,774 2,321,417 108,838 5,139,427 127,602 5,267,029 2,889,767 2,264,076 59,002 5,131,427 81,418 5,212,845 46,184
2015 F 3,089,562 2,460,985 120,891 5,532,271 139,167 5,671,438 3,148,284 2,393,997 57,232 5,519,315 80,198 5,599,513 58,969
2016 F 3,450,629 2,629,276 126,657 6,063,451 143,111 6,206,562 3,491,014 2,580,007 56,303 6,047,407 79,917 6,127,324 63,194
2017 F 3,714,551 2,838,797 131,543 6,544,283 140,608 6,684,891 3,726,530 2,840,427 61,189 6,542,056 86,090 6,628,146 54,518
2018 F 3,847,311 3,012,794 126,357 6,847,501 138,961 6,986,462 3,846,781 3,022,983 62,050 6,842,091 89,723 6,931,814 49,238
2019 F 3,889,509 3,081,184 108,173 6,919,437 159,429 7,078,866 3,835,074 3,201,003 0 6,944,373 91,704 7,036,077 67,725
2020 F 1,518,665 873,780 59,714 2,346,407 105,752 2,452,159 1,619,445 845,663 0 2,406,324 58,784 2,465,108 46,968
2021 P 206,605 141,126 48,236 340,547 55,420 395,967 195,446 223,348 0 350,722 68,072 418,794 -12,652
2022 P 1,073,901 1,202,713 87,165 2,265,755 98,024 2,363,779 922,322 1,397,674 0 2,227,648 92,348 2,319,996 5,676
1. The classification of travellers into short-term movements or long-term movements (migrants) is based on observed travel histories, from linked arrival and departure records. This classification, and resulting migration estimates,
remain provisional until the duration of stay/absence can be calculated definitively (according to the 12/16-month rule) about 17 months after the reference period.
2. Classifies travellers into passenger types, largely on the basis of passenger card information. From November 2018, these passenger types are partly intentions-based and partly outcomes-based.
3. Classifies travellers into short-term movements or long-term movements (migrants) based on observed travel histories, from linked arrival and departure records.
4. Overseas residents arriving in New Zealand for a stay of less than 12 months.
5. New Zealand residents arriving in New Zealand after an absence of less than 12 months.

6. 'Total movements' minus 'overseas visitors' and 'NZ-resident travellers'. These are long-term movements and revisions to short-term movements that cannot be ascribed to a specific passenger type. From November 2018, without a
departure card, the departures residual is zero because all departures are classified as overseas visitors or NZ-resident travellers using previous travel histories or travel intentions from arrival cards.
7. Mean estimate of the number of overseas residents who arrive in New Zealand and cumulatively spend 12 of the next 16 months in New Zealand.
8. Total border-crossings is the sum of either the intentions-based passenger types or the outcomes-based passenger types.
9. Overseas residents departing New Zealand after a stay of less than 12 months.
10. Before November 2018, New Zealand-resident traveller departures were New Zealand residents departing New Zealand for an absence of less than 12 months. From November 2018, New Zealand-resident traveller departures are
New Zealand residents departing New Zealand irrespective of duration of absence.
11. Mean estimate of the number of New Zealand residents who depart New Zealand and cumulatively spend 12 of the next 16 months out of New Zealand.
12. Mean estimate of migrant arrivals minus migrant departures.
Note: Estimates are currently derived from a live processing database and may differ slightly between tables. As a result, and owing to rounding, individual figures may not sum to stated totals.
Symbols: F final, P provisional
Source: Stats NZ
Table 2
Estimated short-term travel
By direction and passenger type
Arrivals Departures
Period NZ-resident NZ-resident
Overseas visitors (1)
Total movements (3)
Overseas visitors (4)
Total movements(3)
travellers(2) travellers(5)
Series ref: ITM SVAZA SRAZA STZAA SVDZA SRDZA STZDA

Month
2021 May 57,605 29,019 91,299 60,561 37,622 98,183
Jun 51,590 29,638 85,350 47,134 43,062 90,196
Jul 30,209 36,517 72,027 40,337 35,562 75,899
Aug 2,676 13,398 18,821 7,298 15,215 22,513
Sep 2,310 3,210 8,200 1,884 5,971 7,855
Oct 3,687 3,779 11,020 2,130 7,622 9,752
Nov 5,309 3,364 12,324 3,478 12,892 16,370
Dec 6,161 4,388 15,355 3,615 22,798 26,413
2022 Jan 4,033 8,475 15,910 4,702 17,983 22,685
Feb 5,235 8,604 16,315 4,020 20,619 24,639
Mar 28,624 30,588 66,058 12,812 47,324 60,136
Apr 54,303 64,741 125,128 44,517 97,093 141,610
May 72,755 90,964 169,043 65,032 110,683 175,715
Jun 94,648 105,110 206,030 73,729 140,411 214,140
Jul 134,175 165,003 308,022 129,310 195,495 324,805
Aug 129,753 172,269 310,283 130,716 173,836 304,552
Sep 151,270 170,754 332,709 127,062 186,279 313,341
Oct 161,631 206,323 378,136 144,542 196,060 340,602
Nov 231,313 175,494 420,790 182,265 189,093 371,358
Year ended
2021 May 138,316 70,214 253,983 139,995 146,973 286,968
Jun 186,385 95,378 330,063 177,185 184,982 362,167
Jul 213,113 128,788 392,950 206,671 213,005 419,676
Aug 211,007 138,891 400,256 206,357 221,389 427,746
Sep 207,798 139,378 396,756 200,213 219,565 419,778
Oct 206,412 140,230 395,384 196,648 219,386 416,034
Nov 206,605 141,126 395,967 195,446 223,348 418,794
Dec 206,862 142,879 398,556 194,196 233,606 427,802
2022 Jan 205,447 147,762 401,347 194,190 242,439 436,629
Feb 205,385 153,333 405,502 193,933 254,061 447,994
Mar 229,370 181,064 459,682 202,110 291,402 493,512
Apr 251,742 235,721 537,807 232,488 363,763 596,251
May 266,892 297,666 615,551 236,959 436,824 673,783
Jun 309,950 373,138 736,231 263,554 534,173 797,727
Jul 413,916 501,624 972,226 352,527 694,106 1,046,633
Aug 540,993 660,495 1,263,688 475,945 852,727 1,328,672
Sep 689,953 828,039 1,588,197 601,123 1,033,035 1,634,158
Oct 847,897 1,030,583 1,955,313 743,535 1,221,473 1,965,008
Nov 1,073,901 1,202,713 2,363,779 922,322 1,397,674 2,319,996
1. Overseas residents arriving in New Zealand for a stay of less than 12 months.
2. New Zealand residents arriving in New Zealand after an absence of less than 12 months.
3. Including long-term movements (migrants).
4. Overseas residents departing New Zealand after a stay of less than 12 months.
5. From November 2018, New Zealand-resident traveller departures are New Zealand residents departing New Zealand irrespective of duration of
absence
Source: Stats NZ
Table 3
Estimated short-term travel
By direction and passenger type
Seasonally adjusted and trend
Arrivals Departures
Month NZ-resident NZ-resident
Overseas visitors (1)
Total movements (3)
Overseas visitors
(4)
Total movements(3)
travellers(2) travellers(5)
Series ref: ITM SVAZS SRAZS STZAS SVDZS SRDZS STZDS

Seasonally adjusted (6)

2021 May 57,605 29,019 91,299 60,561 37,622 98,183

Jun 51,590 29,638 85,350 47,134 43,062 90,196
Jul 30,209 36,517 72,027 40,337 35,562 75,899
Aug 2,676 13,398 18,821 7,298 15,215 22,513
Sep 2,310 3,210 8,200 1,884 5,971 7,855
Oct 3,687 3,779 11,020 2,130 7,622 9,752
Nov 5,309 3,364 12,324 3,478 12,892 16,370
Dec 6,161 4,388 15,355 3,615 22,798 26,413
2022 Jan 4,033 8,475 15,910 4,702 17,983 22,685
Feb 5,235 8,604 16,315 4,020 20,619 24,639
Mar 28,624 30,588 66,058 12,812 47,324 60,136
Apr 54,303 64,741 125,128 44,517 97,093 141,610
May 72,755 90,964 169,043 65,032 110,683 175,715
Jun 94,648 105,110 206,030 73,729 140,411 214,140
Jul 134,175 165,003 308,022 129,310 195,495 324,805
Aug 129,753 172,269 310,283 130,716 173,836 304,552
Sep 151,270 170,754 332,709 127,062 186,279 313,341
Oct 161,631 206,323 378,136 144,542 196,060 340,602
Nov 231,313 175,494 420,790 182,265 189,093 371,358
Series ref: ITM SVAZT SRAZT STZAT SVDZT SRDZT STZDT

Trend(7)

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1. Overseas residents arriving in New Zealand for a stay of less than 12 months.
2. New Zealand residents arriving in New Zealand after an absence of less than 12 months.
3. Includes movements that are not classified as visitors or resident travellers. Total departure movements are currently unavailable.
4. Overseas residents departing New Zealand after a stay of less than 12 months.
5. From November 2018, New Zealand-resident traveller departures are New Zealand residents departing New Zealand irrespective of duration of
absence

6. Seasonally adjusted values exclude estimated seasonal fluctuations and are revised monthly. The COVID-19 pandemic has interrupted historical
seasonal patterns and months from April 2020 reflect observed actual values without seasonal, trading day, or holiday adjustment.
7. Trend values exclude seasonal fluctuations and short-term irregular movements and are revised monthly. We have not been publishing trend series
from April 2020 to ensure COVID-19 effects do not influence the seasonal pattern.
Symbol: .. not available
Source: Stats NZ
Table 4
Overseas visitor arrivals(1)
By country of last permanent residence (top 46)
November month Year ended November Change from 2021 to 2022
Country of last permanent
Month Year
residence 2020 2021 2022 2020 2021 2022
Number Percent Number Percent

Oceania 1,552 2,125 119,347 624,622 172,220 721,067 117,222 5,516.3 548,847 318.7
Australia 1,285 536 105,845 554,373 160,742 660,592 105,309 19,647.2 499,850 311.0
Cook Islands 39 84 900 5,086 4,068 7,652 816 971.4 3,584 88.1
Fiji 49 56 2,617 14,218 668 11,627 2,561 4,573.2 10,959 1,640.6
New Caledonia 1 1 1,360 8,918 13 5,335 1,359 135,900.0 5,322 40,938.5
French Polynesia 9 7 1,855 9,723 24 8,148 1,848 26,400.0 8,124 33,850.0
Tonga 8 174 1,375 8,860 411 5,242 1,201 690.2 4,831 1,175.4
Vanuatu 2 439 1,235 3,024 2,310 6,333 796 181.3 4,023 174.2
Samoa 25 535 2,435 10,515 1,993 9,385 1,900 355.1 7,392 370.9
Asia 767 787 31,532 307,075 9,314 105,125 30,745 3,906.6 95,811 1,028.7
China, People's Republic of 176 66 2,866 95,177 1,706 12,276 2,800 4,242.4 10,570 619.6
Hong Kong (SAR) 79 90 1,386 21,815 849 6,739 1,296 1,440.0 5,890 693.8
Indonesia 21 11 841 8,336 278 2,206 830 7,545.5 1,928 693.5
India 19 112 5,699 27,501 1,511 13,950 5,587 4,988.4 12,439 823.2
Japan 55 28 1,952 38,943 562 9,185 1,924 6,871.4 8,623 1,534.3
Korea, Republic of 25 27 2,826 38,227 443 9,756 2,799 10,366.7 9,313 2,102.3
Malaysia 23 32 2,419 12,143 311 9,594 2,387 7,459.4 9,283 2,984.9
Philippines 129 114 2,336 9,118 1,222 5,772 2,222 1,949.1 4,550 372.3
Singapore 133 167 8,075 23,160 1,216 24,425 7,908 4,735.3 23,209 1,908.6
Thailand 11 28 823 6,303 258 2,939 795 2,839.3 2,681 1,039.1
Taiwan 18 14 1,172 17,609 234 3,983 1,158 8,271.4 3,749 1,602.1
Viet Nam 6 8 322 2,809 88 1,022 314 3,925.0 934 1,061.4
Europe 1,469 1,323 36,648 305,812 11,571 111,554 35,325 2,670.1 99,983 864.1
Austria 12 4 619 5,039 86 1,756 615 15,375.0 1,670 1,941.9
Belgium 8 8 556 4,033 96 1,482 548 6,850.0 1,386 1,443.8
Switzerland 46 31 1,316 12,063 343 3,841 1,285 4,145.2 3,498 1,019.8
Czechia 1 5 417 3,166 48 918 412 8,240.0 870 1,812.5
Germany 125 76 6,065 52,186 749 15,661 5,989 7,880.3 14,912 1,990.9
Denmark 17 9 1,043 8,341 119 2,541 1,034 11,488.9 2,422 2,035.3
Spain 28 20 1,066 5,761 227 3,346 1,046 5,230.0 3,119 1,374.0
Finland 2 7 339 2,709 42 750 332 4,742.9 708 1,685.7
France 48 49 2,345 19,788 493 7,059 2,296 4,685.7 6,566 1,331.8
United Kingdom 964 788 15,717 135,230 6,486 52,429 14,929 1,894.5 45,943 708.3
Ireland 36 29 961 6,682 302 3,956 932 3,213.8 3,654 1,209.9
Italy 37 53 964 5,075 435 3,391 911 1,718.9 2,956 679.5
Netherlands 42 71 2,465 17,276 479 6,420 2,394 3,371.8 5,941 1,240.3
Norway 6 3 398 2,885 91 1,001 395 13,166.7 910 1,000.0
Poland 19 2 363 3,106 76 749 361 18,050.0 673 885.5
Russia 16 100 174 3,627 812 1,027 74 74.0 215 26.5
Sweden 17 18 712 9,513 152 1,704 694 3,855.6 1,552 1,021.1
Americas 1,062 592 33,605 243,724 6,849 98,699 33,013 5,576.5 91,850 1,341.1
Argentina 1 4 335 5,628 27 1,732 331 8,275.0 1,705 6,314.8
Brazil 3 4 611 6,766 68 2,548 607 15,175.0 2,480 3,647.1
Canada 175 124 5,865 41,528 1,057 15,855 5,741 4,629.8 14,798 1,400.0
Chile 1 4 453 2,880 33 2,168 449 11,225.0 2,135 6,469.7
Mexico 5 5 247 2,391 80 945 242 4,840.0 865 1,081.3
United States of America 850 443 25,419 180,789 5,387 73,293 24,976 5,637.9 67,906 1,260.6
Africa and the Middle East 180 120 4,719 25,195 2,337 14,152 4,599 3,832.5 11,815 505.6
United Arab Emirates 73 44 370 4,024 873 2,993 326 740.9 2,120 242.8
Israel 2 0 551 3,246 44 1,509 551 .. 1,465 3,329.5
South Africa 25 7 2,817 11,761 379 5,739 2,810 40,142.9 5,360 1,414.2
Not stated 86 362 5,462 12,237 4,314 23,304 5,100 1,408.8 18,990 440.2
Total(2)
5,116 5,309 231,313 1,518,665 206,605 1,073,901 226,004 4,257.0 867,296 419.8
1. Overseas residents arriving in New Zealand for a stay of less than 12 months.
2. May differ from the sum of individual figures for different countries that are derived from samples.
Note: ‘Country of residence' is fully captured with no sampling.
Note: SAR special administrative region
Symbol: .. not available
Source: Stats NZ
Table 5
Overseas visitor arrivals(1)
By travel purpose and country of last permanent residence
November month Year ended November Change from 2021 to 2022
Category Month Year
2020 2021 2022 2020 2021 2022
Number Percent Number Percent
Travel purpose
Holiday/vacation 175 91 98,490 783,155 31,866 370,803 98,399 108,130.8 338,937 1,063.6
Visiting friends/relatives 2,746 2,281 79,479 488,871 120,030 443,242 77,198 3,384.4 323,212 269.3
Business 378 395 19,304 87,924 19,490 98,988 18,909 4,787.1 79,498 407.9
Education 66 44 1,803 24,056 2,267 10,238 1,759 3,997.7 7,971 351.6
Conference/convention 4 7 7,401 23,475 647 21,363 7,394 105,628.6 20,716 3,201.9
Other 559 1,335 9,301 53,573 12,515 45,155 7,966 596.7 32,640 260.8
Not stated 1,188 1,156 15,535 57,611 19,790 84,112 14,379 1,243.9 64,322 325.0
Total(2) 5,116 5,309 231,313 1,518,665 206,605 1,073,901 226,004 4,257.0 867,296 419.8
Holiday/vacation – by country of last permanent residence (top 21)
Australia 17 3 40,928 219,073 30,193 228,516 40,925 1,364,166.7 198,323 656.9
United States of America 37 4 15,471 122,491 176 33,826 15,467 386,675.0 33,650 19,119.3
United Kingdom 26 20 5,823 56,286 188 13,029 5,803 29,015.0 12,841 6,830.3
China, People's Republic of 5 2 529 68,716 83 1,744 527 26,350.0 1,661 2,001.2
Germany 3 0 4,469 39,386 18 9,710 4,469 .. 9,692 53,844.4
Korea, Republic of 1 0 1,639 28,143 8 4,274 1,639 .. 4,266 53,325.0
Canada 5 4 2,877 24,296 43 5,824 2,873 71,825.0 5,781 13,444.2
Japan 3 0 967 26,493 27 2,994 967 .. 2,967 10,988.9
Taiwan 0 0 688 13,582 6 1,876 688 .. 1,870 31,166.7
France 1 1 1,556 13,140 20 3,651 1,555 155,500.0 3,631 18,155.0
Netherlands 2 1 1,649 11,254 16 3,363 1,648 164,800.0 3,347 20,918.8
Hong Kong (SAR) 1 3 650 13,340 56 2,369 647 21,566.7 2,313 4,130.4
India 0 1 611 11,637 20 1,175 610 61,000.0 1,155 5,775.0
Switzerland 1 1 921 8,568 11 1,958 920 92,000.0 1,947 17,700.0
Singapore 5 13 6,475 16,029 44 16,375 6,462 49,707.7 16,331 37,115.9
New Caledonia 1 0 1,075 7,081 1 4,121 1,075 .. 4,120 412,000.0
Denmark 2 0 829 6,387 1 1,692 829 .. 1,691 169,100.0
French Polynesia 0 0 1,403 7,495 0 6,138 1,403 .. 6,138 ..
Sweden 0 0 456 6,697 4 780 456 .. 776 19,400.0
Malaysia 0 0 1,434 7,793 12 4,975 1,434 .. 4,963 41,358.3
Argentina 0 0 132 3,454 1 570 132 .. 569 56,900.0
Visiting friends/relatives – by country of last permanent residence (top 11)
Australia 778 373 40,515 238,145 101,729 296,019 40,142 10,761.9 194,290 191.0
United Kingdom 628 647 8,166 66,585 4,472 32,045 7,519 1,162.1 27,573 616.6
United States of America 502 222 6,032 34,149 2,732 24,018 5,810 2,617.1 21,286 779.1
Canada 118 101 2,203 12,619 650 7,518 2,102 2,081.2 6,868 1,056.6
China, People's Republic of 57 37 1,534 14,768 541 6,266 1,497 4,045.9 5,725 1,058.2
India 8 42 3,543 9,652 465 7,500 3,501 8,335.7 7,035 1,512.9
Germany 72 65 930 7,737 482 3,423 865 1,330.8 2,941 610.2
Fiji 7 33 1,387 7,968 171 6,063 1,354 4,103.0 5,892 3,445.6
South Africa 11 4 2,292 7,839 156 4,254 2,288 57,200.0 4,098 2,626.9
Hong Kong (SAR) 45 81 480 5,718 570 3,116 399 492.6 2,546 446.7
Korea, Republic of 13 13 648 5,670 127 3,186 635 4,884.6 3,059 2,408.7
Business – by country of last permanent residence (top 3)
Australia 66 28 12,515 50,928 15,442 70,976 12,487 44,596.4 55,534 359.6
United States of America 99 117 1,423 8,685 1,143 6,801 1,306 1,116.2 5,658 495.0
United Kingdom 81 36 819 4,455 568 3,571 783 2,175.0 3,003 528.7
1. Overseas residents arriving in New Zealand for a stay of less than 12 months.
2. May differ from the sum of individual figures for different countries that are derived from samples.
Note: ‘Country of residence' is fully captured with no sampling.
Note: SAR special administrative region
Symbol: .. not available
Source: Stats NZ
Table 6
New Zealand-resident traveller arrivals(1)
By main country visited (top 42)
November month Year ended November Change from 2021 to 2022
Main country visited Month Year
2020 2021 2022 2020 2021 2022
Number Percent Number Percent

Oceania 702 788 110,693 470,220 109,983 740,370 109,905 13,947.3 630,387 573.2
Australia 599 530 82,714 370,983 83,239 500,171 82,184 15,506.4 416,932 500.9
Cook Islands 24 57 7,423 23,445 24,944 85,907 7,366 12,922.8 60,963 244.4
Fiji 13 17 13,180 36,688 340 121,709 13,163 77,429.4 121,369 35,696.8
New Caledonia 0 0 901 2,125 15 5,380 901 .. 5,365 35,766.7
Niue 4 8 318 1,803 110 1,880 310 3,875.0 1,770 1,609.1
French Polynesia 10 0 579 1,922 12 4,154 579 .. 4,142 34,516.7
Papua New Guinea 15 21 223 1,581 245 1,190 202 961.9 945 385.7
Tonga 7 44 1,219 8,792 464 4,531 1,175 2,670.5 4,067 876.5
Vanuatu 1 29 775 3,268 99 3,984 746 2,572.4 3,885 3,924.2
Samoa 11 59 2,841 17,048 277 9,920 2,782 4,715.3 9,643 3,481.2
Asia 568 587 27,814 216,500 10,114 144,624 27,227 4,638.3 134,510 1,329.9
China, People's Republic of 203 80 979 43,468 2,341 5,839 899 1,123.8 3,498 149.4
Hong Kong (SAR) 37 23 444 4,938 366 1,786 421 1,830.4 1,420 388.0
Indonesia 12 10 2,488 15,146 156 14,318 2,478 24,780.0 14,162 9,078.2
India 56 244 8,544 48,499 3,023 45,198 8,300 3,401.6 42,175 1,395.1
Japan 39 29 1,556 19,447 1,048 6,626 1,527 5,265.5 5,578 532.3
Cambodia 4 2 316 3,177 30 1,492 314 15,700.0 1,462 4,873.3
Korea, Republic of 29 36 2,168 8,599 703 10,272 2,132 5,922.2 9,569 1,361.2
Sri Lanka 7 18 487 4,046 132 3,207 469 2,605.6 3,075 2,329.5
Malaysia 18 12 1,101 9,544 176 6,781 1,089 9,075.0 6,605 3,752.8
Philippines 27 17 2,523 18,321 298 14,331 2,506 14,741.2 14,033 4,709.1
Pakistan 18 19 243 2,173 306 2,301 224 1,178.9 1,995 652.0
Singapore 50 30 1,640 7,632 441 9,235 1,610 5,366.7 8,794 1,994.1
Thailand 7 12 2,544 12,123 230 11,240 2,532 21,100.0 11,010 4,787.0
Taiwan 32 6 587 6,754 411 2,517 581 9,683.3 2,106 512.4
Viet Nam 8 5 1,089 8,271 53 5,413 1,084 21,680.0 5,360 10,113.2
Europe 545 911 11,433 57,193 7,451 127,210 10,522 1,155.0 119,759 1,607.3
Austria 1 5 279 1,473 40 1,402 274 5,480.0 1,362 3,405.0
Switzerland 13 10 186 1,426 185 2,155 176 1,760.0 1,970 1,064.9
Germany 63 51 807 4,631 665 8,691 756 1,482.4 8,026 1,206.9
Spain 13 48 488 1,893 279 4,587 440 916.7 4,308 1,544.1
France 30 66 684 3,659 610 9,060 618 936.4 8,450 1,385.2
United Kingdom 261 488 5,864 30,349 3,518 65,341 5,376 1,101.6 61,823 1,757.3
Ireland 10 33 385 2,514 246 5,840 352 1,066.7 5,594 2,274.0
Italy 17 30 784 2,867 245 8,314 754 2,513.3 8,069 3,293.5
Netherlands 26 36 425 1,994 351 4,408 389 1,080.6 4,057 1,155.8
Americas 361 543 13,562 76,108 4,726 96,737 13,019 2,397.6 92,011 1,946.9
Argentina 3 0 335 2,419 25 1,712 335 1,687 6,748.0
Brazil 5 1 389 2,151 115 2,825 388 38,800.0 2,710 2,356.5
Canada 54 70 1,125 11,837 465 13,567 1,055 1,507.1 13,102 2,817.6
Chile 5 3 286 1,547 29 1,346 283 9,433.3 1,317 4,541.4
Mexico 9 20 367 1,953 144 1,917 347 1,735.0 1,773 1,231.3
United States of America 272 439 10,441 52,894 3,765 72,058 10,002 2,278.4 68,293 1,813.9
Africa and the Middle East 163 270 3,769 19,305 2,091 24,118 3,499 1,295.9 22,027 1,053.4
United Arab Emirates 33 130 503 2,676 554 3,105 373 286.9 2,551 460.5
South Africa 52 23 1,501 8,436 419 9,395 1,478 6,426.1 8,976 2,142.2
Not stated 129 265 8,223 34,454 6,761 69,654 7,958 3,003.0 62,893 930.2
Total(2)
2,468 3,364 175,494 873,780 141,126 1,202,713 172,130 5,116.8 1,061,587 752.2
1. New Zealand residents arriving in New Zealand after an absence of less than 12 months.
2. May differ from the sum of individual figures for different countries that are derived from samples.
Note: SAR special administrative region
Symbols: .. not available
Source: Stats NZ
Table 7
New Zealand-resident traveller arrivals (1)
By travel purpose and main country visited
November month Year ended November Change from 2021 to 2022
Category Month Year
2020 2021 2022 2020 2021 2022
Number Percent Number Percent
Travel purpose
Holiday/vacation 99 191 64,047 .. 35,014 424,982 63,856 33,432.5 389,968 1,113.7
Visiting friends/relatives 1,078 1,477 72,396 .. 72,975 535,581 70,919 4,801.6 462,606 633.9
Business 550 779 16,954 83,067 15,362 104,323 16,175 2,076.4 88,961 579.1
Education 121 64 1,191 19,974 1,442 6,826 1,127 1,760.9 5,384 373.4
Conference/convention 1 66 7,132 .. 946 36,229 7,066 10,706.1 35,283 3,729.7
Other 407 442 5,363 716,718 7,984 33,106 4,921 1,113.3 25,122 314.7
Not stated 212 345 8,411 54,021 7,403 61,666 8,066 2,338.0 54,263 733.0
Total(2) 2,468 3,364 175,494 873,780 141,126 1,202,713 172,130 5,116.8 1,061,587 752.2
Holiday/vacation – by main country visited (top 22)
Australia 9 56 27,760 .. 10,647 140,078 27,704 49,471.4 129,431 1,215.7
United States of America 7 28 4,652 .. 167 27,789 4,624 16,514.3 27,622 16,540.1
Cook Islands 4 23 6,287 .. 21,806 75,138 6,264 27,234.8 53,332 244.6
Fiji 0 5 9,455 .. 27 84,762 9,450 189,000.0 84,735 313,833.3
Japan 1 1 469 .. 19 996 468 46,800.0 977 5,142.1
India 2 2 984 .. 186 4,132 982 49,100.0 3,946 2,121.5
Canada 4 0 192 .. 14 2,108 192 .. 2,094 14,957.1
Indonesia 2 2 1,856 .. 14 11,189 1,854 92,700.0 11,175 79,821.4
China, People's Republic of 10 2 141 .. 163 673 139 6,950.0 510 312.9
Philippines 2 3 758 .. 45 4,494 755 25,166.7 4,449 9,886.7
Thailand 0 6 1,418 .. 28 6,361 1,412 23,533.3 6,333 22,617.9
Viet Nam 3 0 535 .. 3 2,274 535 .. 2,271 75,700.0
United Kingdom 12 6 928 .. 68 7,862 922 15,366.7 7,794 11,461.8
Samoa 0 0 788 .. 4 2,591 788 .. 2,587 64,675.0
Singapore 0 1 473 .. 13 2,836 472 47,200.0 2,823 21,715.4
Vanuatu 0 0 391 .. 3 2,461 391 .. 2,458 81,933.3
Malaysia 1 0 240 .. 7 1,355 240 .. 1,348 19,257.1
Korea, Republic of 0 2 415 .. 20 1,400 413 20,650.0 1,380 6,900.0
Tonga 0 1 150 .. 314 536 149 14,900.0 222 70.7
Taiwan 0 0 80 .. 14 209 80 .. 195 1,392.9
South Africa 2 0 176 .. 10 881 176 .. 871 8,710.0
New Caledonia 0 0 694 .. 0 4,314 694 .. 4,314 ..
Visiting friends/relatives – by main country visited (top 15)
Australia 207 216 37,011 .. 55,901 251,083 36,795 17,034.7 195,182 349.2
India 36 187 6,759 .. 2,051 36,322 6,572 3,514.4 34,271 1,670.9
China, People's Republic of 114 49 506 .. 1,282 3,102 457 932.7 1,820 142.0
United Kingdom 165 306 3,864 .. 2,552 50,334 3,558 1,162.7 47,782 1,872.3
United States of America 95 194 3,145 .. 1,730 27,855 2,951 1,521.1 26,125 1,510.1
Samoa 5 15 1,371 .. 87 4,659 1,356 9,040.0 4,572 5,255.2
Philippines 15 3 1,378 .. 104 7,476 1,375 45,833.3 7,372 7,088.5
Tonga 4 14 761 .. 71 2,722 747 5,335.7 2,651 3,733.8
Fiji 3 8 2,436 .. 130 27,890 2,428 30,350.0 27,760 21,353.8
Korea, Republic of 15 24 1,463 .. 446 7,150 1,439 5,995.8 6,704 1,503.1
South Africa 33 20 1,212 .. 306 7,699 1,192 5,960.0 7,393 2,416.0
Taiwan 16 1 379 .. 270 1,831 378 37,800.0 1,561 578.1
Japan 22 11 745 .. 259 3,818 734 6,672.7 3,559 1,374.1
Cook Islands 8 18 787 .. 1,926 7,438 769 4,272.2 5,512 286.2
Malaysia 10 6 631 .. 85 4,241 625 10,416.7 4,156 4,889.4
Business – by main country visited (top 3)
Australia 170 114 9,660 47,369 10,098 61,363 9,546 8,373.7 51,265 507.7
United States of America 87 159 1,405 6,957 964 9,311 1,246 783.6 8,347 865.9
China, People's Republic of 24 11 105 2,721 259 522 94 854.5 263 101.5
1. New Zealand residents arriving in New Zealand after an absence of less than 12 months.
2. May differ from the sum of individual figures for different countries that are derived from samples.
The travel purpose categories of New Zealand-resident travellers have been revised back to January 2020.

From November 2018 to December 2019, the travel purposes of holiday/vacation, visiting friends/relatives, and conference/convention were unavailable. From January 2020,
these travel purpose categories are separately available from a redesigned arrival card and excluded from the 'Other' category.

Note: SAR special administrative region

Symbols: .. not available
Source: Stats NZ
Table 8
Key characteristics of short-term travellers
November month Year ended November Change from 2021 to 2022
Characteristic Month Year
2020 2021 2022 2020 2021 2022
Number Percent Number
Overseas visitor arrivals(1)
Age group (years)
Under 15 506 523 15,000 142,252 22,969 101,216 14,477 2,768.1 78,247
15–24 456 553 20,197 161,393 20,206 109,666 19,644 3,552.3 89,460
25–34 1,284 1,642 46,021 300,210 47,280 215,582 44,379 2,702.7 168,302
35–44 911 1,040 34,356 216,676 36,168 172,514 33,316 3,203.5 136,346
45–54 787 708 33,207 217,370 34,134 169,963 32,499 4,590.3 135,829
55–64 716 537 42,250 255,809 29,715 172,821 41,713 7,767.8 143,106
65–74 357 237 30,931 178,588 13,138 102,802 30,694 12,951.1 89,664
75+ 99 69 9,351 46,367 2,995 29,337 9,282 13,452.2 26,342
Total 5,116 5,309 231,313 1,518,665 206,605 1,073,901 226,004 4,257.0 867,296
Length of stay(2) (days)
1–3 117 106 29,240 193,277 20,519 129,812 29,134 27,484.9 109,293
4–7 37 140 49,446 305,634 47,181 260,185 49,306 35,218.6 213,004
8–14 5 63 61,214 420,791 50,330 307,072 61,151 97,065.1 256,742
15+ 4,957 5,000 91,413 598,963 88,575 376,832 86,413 1,728.3 288,257
Median(3) 95.5 88.2 11.5 10.9 10.8 10.2 -76.7 -87.0 -0.6
Country of citizenship (top 5)
Australia 254 128 74,716 356,279 81,856 429,978 74,588 58,271.9 348,122
New Zealand 3,250 2,281 35,731 242,854 94,048 272,250 33,450 1,466.5 178,202
United States of America 331 245 23,898 170,761 3,196 65,236 23,653 9,654.3 62,040
United Kingdom 292 224 15,896 130,047 4,485 49,316 15,672 6,996.4 44,831
China, People's Republic of 148 54 4,952 97,243 2,245 19,762 4,898 9,070.4 17,517
Overseas airport(4) (top 6)
Sydney 629 202 65,243 340,452 54,126 330,625 65,041 32,198.5 276,499
Melbourne 375 236 39,906 225,242 43,036 207,895 39,670 16,809.3 164,859
Brisbane 701 256 25,249 152,759 45,308 133,322 24,993 9,762.9 88,014
Singapore 832 1,347 16,298 97,187 9,971 62,563 14,951 1,109.9 52,592
Los Angeles 911 416 4,450 56,341 5,149 24,998 4,034 969.7 19,849
Hong Kong 292 97 3,226 53,970 1,302 10,903 3,129 3,225.8 9,601
New Zealand airport(5) (top 4)
Auckland airport 4,682 4,305 161,586 1,069,836 143,168 711,931 157,281 3,653.4 568,763
Christchurch airport 248 777 28,153 214,604 26,817 131,536 27,376 3,523.3 104,719
Queenstown airport 0 0 27,095 105,429 17,993 154,117 27,095 .. 136,124
Wellington airport 0 0 13,562 78,826 16,751 72,410 13,562 .. 55,659
 New Zealand-resident traveller arrivals(6)
Age group (years)
Under 15 138 193 15,471 101,932 12,926 130,195 15,278 7,916.1 117,269
15–24 330 301 14,855 128,576 13,462 106,364 14,554 4,835.2 92,902
25–34 503 745 33,129 162,401 23,704 206,003 32,384 4,346.8 182,299
35–44 374 501 28,112 127,448 18,673 188,184 27,611 5,511.2 169,511
45–54 416 577 27,650 139,297 22,563 198,337 27,073 4,692.0 175,774
55–64 455 565 29,348 119,417 27,619 199,289 28,783 5,094.3 171,670
65–74 196 386 20,268 72,301 18,114 132,462 19,882 5,150.8 114,348
75+ 56 96 6,661 22,408 4,065 41,879 6,565 6,838.5 37,814
Total 2,468 3,364 175,494 873,780 141,126 1,202,713 172,130 5,116.8 1,061,587
Length of absence(7) (days)
1–3 30 22 13,957 71,520 10,679 73,688 13,935 63,340.9 63,007
4–7 39 36 51,006 183,948 34,211 311,869 50,970 141,583.3 277,658
8–14 108 197 47,003 211,660 30,596 322,447 46,806 23,759.4 291,853
15+ 2,291 3,109 63,528 406,652 65,640 494,709 60,419 1,943.4 429,069
Median(3) 88.8 94.5 9.9 13.3 12.9 11.2 -84.6 -89.5 -1.7
Overseas airport (top 5)
(4)

Sydney 415 135 36,808 153,035 24,518 218,115 36,673 27,165.2 193,597
Melbourne 92 194 28,023 141,849 16,747 158,747 27,829 14,344.8 142,000
Brisbane 326 291 19,851 94,680 28,844 124,367 19,560 6,721.6 95,523
Singapore 328 780 10,786 46,950 6,434 99,752 10,006 1,282.8 93,318
Nadi 16 23 14,299 43,186 388 134,856 14,276 62,069.6 134,468
New Zealand airport(5) (top 4)
Auckland airport 2,344 3,086 139,564 695,390 119,657 976,710 136,478 4,422.5 857,053
Christchurch airport 79 201 18,167 88,941 11,315 123,046 17,966 8,938.3 111,731
Wellington airport 0 1 14,385 69,035 7,780 85,934 14,384 1,438,400.0 78,154
Queenstown airport 0 0 3,146 11,399 1,759 15,468 3,146 .. 13,709
1. Overseas residents arriving in New Zealand for a stay of less than 12 months.

2. Before November 2018, length of stay in New Zealand was captured from intentions on the arrival card. Visitors who departed before processing of their month of arrival
was completed, had their length of stay recalculated based on their actual stay. From November 2018, all visitors have their length of stay recalculated based on their actual
stay.

3. Half of visits are less, and half more, than this duration. For overseas visitor arrivals, following the November 2018 removal of the departure card, length of stay became a
dynamic variable and is subject to revisions and updates for stay categories longer than 1 month. The median length of stay is subject to revision if it is larger than 15 days.
4. The last overseas airport of the passenger's flight before arriving in New Zealand. This may not be the person's port of origin, as they may have boarded the aircraft at an
earlier port, or come from another port on a connecting flight.
5. The New Zealand airport where a passenger was processed by Customs. People may clear Customs at one port after arriving on an international flight into another port, if
connections between international terminals are available.
6. New Zealand residents arriving in New Zealand after an absence of less than 12 months.

7. From November 2018, all New Zealand-resident travellers have their length of absence calculated based on their date of departure to date of arrival.
Symbol: .. not available
Source: Stats NZ
 Change from 2021 to 2022
Year
Percent
Overseas visitor arrivals(1)

340.7
442.7
356.0
377.0
397.9
481.6
682.5
879.5
419.8

532.6
451.5
510.1
325.4
-5.6

425.3
189.5
1,941.2
999.6
780.3

510.8
383.1
194.3
527.4
385.5
737.4

397.3
390.5
756.5
332.3
land-resident traveller arrivals(6)

907.2
690.1
769.1
907.8
779.0
621.6
631.3
930.2
752.2

589.9
811.6
954.0
653.7
-13.3

789.6
847.9
331.2
1,450.4
34,656.7

716.3
987.5
1,004.6
779.4
nths.

m intentions on the arrival card. Visitors who departed before processing of their month of arrival
tay. From November 2018, all visitors have their length of stay recalculated based on their actual

itor arrivals, following the November 2018 removal of the departure card, length of stay became a
longer than 1 month. The median length of stay is subject to revision if it is larger than 15 days.
Zealand. This may not be the person's port of origin, as they may have boarded the aircraft at an

People may clear Customs at one port after arriving on an international flight into another port, if

than 12 months.

gth of absence calculated based on their date of departure to date of arrival.