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Zealand overseas travel - calendar year 2002
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 NEW ZEALAND OVERSEAS TRAVEL UP 0.5% IN CALENDAR YEAR 2002 Total New Zealand overseas travel in the calendar year 2002 was recorded at 1,292,979 - up by just 6,386 departures or 0.5% compared with the calendar year 2001. "Holiday" travel increased by 2%, with "VFR" departures up 0.7% and "business" travel down 3%; those residents travelling overseas for "other" reasons rose by 0.4% . "Holiday" travel to Fiji, as
"country/area of main destination", increased by 5% in the
twelve month period, with departures to Asia down 1% and to North America
and Europe up 2%. Travel to Australia for "holiday"
reasons rose by just 0.1%, with departures to the "other" South
Pacific Islands up 1%; "holiday" travel to Africa and the
Middle East grew by 19% in the 2002 calendar year with departures to the
"other" Americas up 13%. Total New Zealand travel to Japan rose by 1% in the twelve month period, with departures to Hong Kong down 2% and to Thailand and Indonesia down 6% 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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