IVA Commentary
Last updated:
November 2009
October 2009
International Visitor Arrivals
- In the month of October 2009 there were 187,400 international visitor arrivals, up by 7.7% (13,400) compared to October 2008. This is the highest visitation for an October month for the Australian and total market.
Markets
- Visitors from Australia (up 15,900 or 22.2%) recorded the largest increase in October 2009. This was followed by China (up 1,100 or 16.5%), Hong Kong (up 420 or 28.3%), Spain (up 350 or 32.9%) and Thailand (up 340 or 20.5%).
- In contrast, there were fewer visitors from South Korea (down 1,900 or 33.1%), the United Kingdom (down 1,300 or 7.5%), South Africa (down 690 or 40.1%), Japan (down 650 or 9.6%) and the United States (down 300 or 2.1%).
Purpose
- There were more visitors on holiday (up 8,400 or 10.3%) and visiting friends and relatives (up 6,800 or 13.7%) in October 2009 compared to October 2008, while there were fewer visitors on business (down 560 or 2.6%).
Duration
- In October 2009, the average length of stay of visitors was 21.4 days, down 0.1 day from October 2008. The total number of visitor days increased by 7.7% (286,000) to 3.43 million.
Flights
- There were 2,498 flight-arrivals in October 2009, 66 flights or 2.7% more than in October 2008.
Annual Arrivals
- For the year ended October 2009, there were 2.439 million international visitor arrivals, down by 24,400 or 1.0% on the previous year.
- Total visitor days were down by 4.6% to 49.04 million, with the average length of stay down 0.7 day to 20.2 days.
For full commentary go to the Statistics New Zealand website.
Source - Statistics New Zealand
ˆ Back to top