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Summary
of asmal new zealand travel update - June 2007
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NEW ZEALAND OVERSEAS TRAVEL
UP 11% IN JUNE 2007
Overseas travel by New Zealand residents increased by 19,893 trips or
11% in the month of June 2007. "Holiday" travel increased by
11%, with departures for "VFR" reasons up 12% and
"business" travel up 6%. In total, New Zealand overseas travel
was recorded at 1.92 million departures in the year ended June 2007 - up
by 36,200 departures, or 2% on the same twelve month period of the
previous year. "Holiday" travel rose by less than 1% in the
year ended June 2007, with departures for "VFR" and
"business" reasons up 4% and 2% respectively.
By top ten "countries of main destination" (in the 2006
calendar year), New Zealand travel to Australia increased by
12% in the month under review, with departures to Fiji down a
further 10% and to the United Kingdom up 12%. Travel to the United
States grew by just 0.6% in the month of June, with departures to China
down 6% and to the Cook Islands up 21% and to Samoa
up 15%. New Zealand travel to Thailand rose by 2% in the month of
June, with departures to India up 16% and to Hong Kong
down 16%.
New Zealand "holiday" travel to Australia, as
"area of main destination", increased by 17% in the month
of June 2007, with departures to Asia down 3% and to North America down
4%. Travel to Fiji for "holiday" reasons declined by 7% in the
month under review, with departures to Europe up 9% and to the
"other" South Pacific Islands up 4%. "Holiday"
travel to the "other" Americas fell by 36% in June, with
departures to Africa and the Middle East up 5%. Total overseas
departures for "holiday" reasons were recorded at 812,183 in
the year ended June 2007 - up by 0.7% on the year ended June 2006.
asmal new zealand
update
comprises a four 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 sixty
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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