New Zealand overseas travel - calendar year 1999
 
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New Zealand purpose of travel 1999


NEW ZEALAND OVERSEAS TRAVEL
UP 2% IN CALENDAR YEAR 1999


Total New Zealand overseas travel in the calendar year 1999 was recorded at 1,184,510 - up 18,092 departures or 2% compared with the calendar year 1998 result.  "Holiday" travel fell by 1% with "VFR" and "business" departures up 2% and 6% respectively; those residents travelling overseas for "other" reasons increased by 2% .

"Holiday" travel to Australia, as "area of main destination", declined by 2% in the twelve month period, with departures to Asia down 6% and to North America down 3%.  Travel to Fiji for "holiday" reasons grew by 1%, with departures to the "other" South Pacific Islands up 6% and to Europe up 4%;  "holiday" travel to Africa and the Middle East fell by 5% in the 1999 calendar year with departures to the "other" Americas up 26%.

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New Zealand top ten destinations 1999


Within the top ten "countries of main destination" in the 1999 calendar year, total departures for all reasons to Australia rose by just 0.5%, with travel to the United Kingdom up 5% and to Fiji up 4%.  Departures to the United States declined by 3%, with departures to Hong Kong down 19% and to Indonesia down 6%.  

Total New Zealand travel to Samoa increased by 16% in the twelve month period, with departures to Singapore up 9% and to Taiwan and Japan down 2% and 9% respectively.  

Detailed results and trend analysis of the New Zealand outbound travel market are published quarterly in asmal new zealand travel available only on annual subscription.



 
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