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Summary
of asmal new zealand travel update - March 2007
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NEW ZEALAND OVERSEAS TRAVEL
UP 7% IN MARCH 2007
Overseas travel by New Zealand residents increased by 9,018 trips or 7%
in the month of March 2007. "Holiday" travel increased by 9%,
with departures for "VFR" reasons up 8% and
"business" travel up 6%. In total, New Zealand overseas travel
was recorded at 1.88 million in the year ended March 2007 - up by nearly
13,000 departures or 0.7% - on the same twelve month period of the
previous year. "Holiday" travel declined by 1% in the year
ended March 2007, with departures for "VFR" and
"business" reasons up 3% and 2% respectively.
By top ten "countries of main destination" (in the 2006
calendar year), New Zealand travel to Australia increased by 4% in the
month under review, with departures to Fiji up 12% and to the United
Kingdom down 1%. Travel to the United States fell by 3% in the month of
March, with departures to China up 31% and to the Cook Islands up 8%.
New Zealand travel to Samoa rose by 19% in the month of March, with
departures to Thailand up 31% and to India and Hong Kong up 20% and 27%
respectively.
New Zealand "holiday" travel to Australia, as "area of
main destination", declined by 4% in the month of March 2007, with
departures to Europe and Fiji up 9% and 15% respectively. Travel to Asia
for "holiday" reasons rose by 35% in the month under review,
with departures to North America up 33% and to the "other"
South Pacific Islands up 54%. "Holiday" travel to the
"other" Americas increased by 167% in March, with departures
to Africa and the Middle East up 420%. Total overseas departures for
"holiday" reasons were recorded at 790,551 in the year ended
March 2007 - down 1% on the year ended March 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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