New Zealand is new destination for tourists - breaks records

New Zealand is becoming the new destination of tourists which is shown by the number of visitors who are landing up in New Zealand continuing to break records in December. As per available figures, the number of visitors who arrived in New Zealand reached 444,900 in December - it was the highest-ever monthly figure. The biggest increase was in visitors from China which was up 11,000 (43 per cent) from December 2014.
This has been reported in nzherald.co.nz dated 1 February 2016.

New Zealand has released arrival figures which has reached a record 3.13 million, this was an increase of 10 per cent from the previous year. The previous record of 402,500 that had been set in December 2014 was surpassed mainly because of a 17 per cent increase in arrivals of holidaymakers.
The breakdown of December 2015 is - 1.33 million of visitors were from Australia, 355,900 from China and 243,100 from the United States.
On the other side, a record 2.41 million New Zealanders took overseas trips in the December 2015 year - this was up 6 per cent from the year before.


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