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Summary
of asmal new zealand travel update - August 2006
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NEW ZEALAND OVERSEAS TRAVEL
DOWN 5% IN AUGUST 2006
Overseas travel by New Zealand residents declined by a further 8,000
trips or 5% in the month of August 2006. "Holiday" travel fell
by 8%, with departures for "VFR" reasons up 4% and
"business" travel down 5%. In total, New Zealand overseas
travel was recorded at 1.86 million in the year ended August 2006 - up
by 20,695 departures or 1% - on the same twelve month period of the
previous year. "Holiday" travel fell by less than 1% in the
2006 August year, with departures for "VFR" and
"business" reasons up 4%.
By top ten "countries of main destination" (in the 2005
calendar year), New Zealand travel to Australia declined by 12% in the
month under review, with departures to Fiji up 2% and to the United
States also up 2%. Travel to the United Kingdom increased 17% in the
month of August, with departures to China up 19% and to the Cook Islands
up 6%. New Zealand travel to Thailand was unchanged for the second
consecutive month in August, with departures to Samoa up 23% and to
India and Hong Kong up 13% and 9% respectively.
New Zealand "holiday" travel to Australia, as "area of
main destination", fell by 18% in the month of August 2006, with
departures to North America and Asia down 9% and 1% respectively. Travel
to Europe for "holiday" reasons increased by 25% in the month
under review, with departures to Fiji down 7% and to the
"other" South Pacific Islands up 25%. "Holiday"
travel to the "other" Americas rose by 186% in August, with
departures to Africa and the Middle East up 52%. Total overseas
departures for "holiday" reasons were recorded at 788,796 in
the year ended August 2006 - down by less than 1% on the August year
2005.
asmal new zealand
update
comprises a three page analysis of New Zealand overseas
travel, published every month as an optional update companion to the
quarterly asmal new zealand travel report.
asmal new
zealand update
contains text summary, charts and tabulations, covering the latest
monthly departure results, including (1) New Zealand overseas
departures by "purpose of travel"; (2) New Zealand
overseas travel by area of main destination; (3) New Zealand
overseas "holiday" travel by area of main destination; and
(4) total New Zealand overseas departures to nearly forty
countries of main destination.
asmal
new zealand update is published on a monthly basis in Acrobat
format and emailed to all
Option Two asmal new zealand travel
subscribers for just an additional NZ$72/AU67 per annum.
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