New Zealand continues to enjoy record visitor arrivals to the nation with an increase of 10% year on year. For the year ending May-2017 a new annual record high was achieved of just over 3.6 million.
Of those 3.6 million overseas visitors, 40% were from Australia and 11% were from China. Most visitors came to New Zealand on holiday or to visit family and friends.
Monthly visitor arrivals rose 15,500 to 209,200 in May 2017, up 8 percent from the same month last year.
