Outbound Travel Commentary
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October 2009
October 2009
Departures
- In the month of October 2009, New Zealand residents undertook 176,500 short-term overseas trips, up by 630 or 0.4% compared to October 2008.
Destinations
- There were more trips to Australia (up 2,400 or 2.5%), Samoa (up 1,200 or 37.0%), Thailand (up 420 or 15.9%), South Korea (up 400 or 51.5%) and Viet Nam (up 360 or 57.8%).
- In contrast, there were fewer trips to the United Kingdom (down 940 or 18.7%), Malaysia (down 570 or 38.8%), India (down 460 or 15.1%), New Caledonia (down 400 or 32.1%) and the United States (down 330 or 4.3%).
Purpose
- There were more New Zealanders visiting friends and relatives (up 4,100 or 8.1%) in October 2009 compared to October 2008, but fewer on holiday (down 2,700 or 3.4%) and on business (down 1,400 or 5.4%).
Duration
- The average length of trips in October 2009 was 15.0 days, 1.1 day shorter than in October 2008.
Annual Departures
- There were 1.918 million trips undertaken in the year ended October 2009, down by 65,900 or 3.3% on the previous year.
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