Visitor arrivals to New Zealand up 8% in Apr-2019, arrivals from Australia up 19%

Statistics New Zealand reported (12-Jun-2019) visitor arrivals to New Zealand for Apr-2019. Details include:

• Visitor arrivals: 307,409, +8.3% year-on-year;
  • Oceania: 144,736, +17.9%;
    • Australia: 130,807, +19.1%;
  • Asia: 85,381, -9.7%;
    • China: 36,610, -21.2%;
    • Japan: 6983, +17.3%;
    • Hong Kong: 5719, +53.4%;
    • South Korea: 5380, -16.4%;
    • Taiwan: 4926, -3.8%;
  • Europe: 33,983, +15.9%;
    • UK: 16,162, +27.7%;
    • Germany: 5190, +7.8%;;
  • Americas: 32,678, +0.9%;
    • US: 23,900, +7.1%;
    • Canada: 4675, +8.2%;
  • Africa and the Middle East: 4017, +25.5%. [more - original PR]