Visitor arrivals to New Zealand up 2% in Jul-2019

Statistics New Zealand reported (11-Sep-2019) visitor arrivals to New Zealand for Jul-2019. Details include:

• Visitor arrivals: 255,585, +2.0% year-on-year;
  • Oceania: 135,641, +2.0%;
    • Australia: 123,874, +1.5%;
  • Asia: 64,067, -2.6%;
    • China: 28,290, -3.3%;
    • South Korea: 5294, -3.0%;
    • Japan: 6977, -2.7%;
    • Hong Kong: 3956, -13.2%;
    • Taiwan: 3057, +16.5%;
  • Americas: 23,858, +3.7%;
    • US: 17,213, +6.1%;
    • Canada: 2682, -0.2%;
  • Europe: 22,246, +0.3%;
    • UK: 8586, +3.4%;
    • Germany: 3395, -6.1%;
  • Africa and the Middle East: 4415, +2.2%. [more - original PR]