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NEW ZEALAND OVERSEAS TRAVEL
UP 9% IN JUNE 2006
Overseas
travel by New Zealand residents increased by nearly 15,700 trips or 9%
in the month of June 2006. "Holiday" travel increased by 9%,
with departures for "VFR" reasons up 11% and
"business" travel up 7%. In total, New Zealand overseas travel
was recorded at 1.88 million in the year ended June 2006 - up by 78,353
departures or 4% - on the same twelve month period of the previous year.
"Holiday" travel grew by 4% in the 2006 June year, with
departures for "VFR" and "business" reasons up 6%
and 7% respectively.
By top ten
"countries of main destination" (in the 2005 calendar year),
New Zealand travel to Australia increased by 3% in the month under
review, with departures to Fiji down 2% and to the United States up 11%.
Travel to the United Kingdom rose by 39% in the month of June, with
departures to China up 15% and to the Cook Islands up 10%. New Zealand
travel to Thailand and Samoa increased by 62% and 69% respectively,
while departures to India fell by 0.1% and to Hong Kong by 6%.
New Zealand "holiday" travel to Australia, as "area of
main destination", grew by 2% in the month of June 2006, with
departures to Europe and Asia up 29% and to North America up 14%. Travel
to Fiji for "holiday" reasons declined by 2% in the month
under review, with departures to the "other" South Pacific
Islands up 23%. "Holiday" travel to the "other"
Americas increased by 66% in June, with departures to Africa and the
Middle East up 96%. Total overseas departures for "holiday"
reasons were recorded at 806,594 in the year ended June 2006 - up 4% on
the June 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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