International Travel and Migration: June 2011
Table 5
Short-term New Zealand-resident traveller departures(1)
By country of main destination
Country of main June month June quarter Year ended June Percentage change from 2010
destination 2010 2011 2010 2011 2010 2011 Month Quarter Year
Oceania 108,864 105,744 302,268 313,244 1,200,595 1,247,579 -2.9 3.6 3.9
Australia 82,464 78,648 237,732 243,024 951,641 986,170 -4.6 2.2 3.6
Cook Islands 6,144 7,224 15,800 18,732 55,646 63,925 17.6 18.6 14.9
Fiji 10,368 11,064 24,196 27,276 97,324 99,706 6.7 12.7 2.4
New Caledonia 1,464 912 3,556 2,356 8,812 7,673 -37.7 -33.7 -12.9
Samoa 4,104 3,576 9,920 9,744 42,270 43,612 -12.9 -1.8 3.2
Tonga 1,704 1,656 4,080 4,444 17,379 17,092 -2.8 8.9 -1.7
Vanuatu 1,368 1,200 3,116 2,708 11,869 10,824 -12.3 -13.1 -8.8
Asia 23,472 24,528 62,296 75,568 261,826 287,476 4.5 21.3 9.8
China, People's Republic of 6,096 5,568 15,988 17,428 60,634 66,422 -8.7 9.0 9.5
Hong Kong (SAR) 1,152 1,368 3,628 4,516 17,183 18,064 18.8 24.5 5.1
India 1,680 1,536 5,060 5,196 30,682 32,353 -8.6 2.7 5.4
Indonesia 2,208 2,112 4,296 4,752 13,777 15,581 -4.3 10.6 13.1
Japan 1,704 888 4,956 3,016 18,938 18,490 -47.9 -39.1 -2.4
Korea, Republic of 1,080 1,056 3,072 3,256 13,477 14,037 -2.2 6.0 4.2
Malaysia 1,584 2,304 4,224 7,284 17,481 21,206 45.5 72.4 21.3
Philippines 864 1,152 2,936 3,784 10,851 13,671 33.3 28.9 26.0
Singapore 1,344 1,608 3,804 5,708 14,572 16,847 19.6 50.1 15.6
Taiwan 960 384 2,592 2,048 11,436 10,736 -60.0 -21.0 -6.1
Thailand 2,592 4,104 6,532 11,036 29,653 32,718 58.3 69.0 10.3
Viet Nam 960 1,032 2,144 3,600 9,557 11,635 7.5 67.9 21.7
Europe 27,120 24,768 61,596 64,480 162,680 168,755 -8.7 4.7 3.7
France 2,256 2,136 5,272 5,488 13,190 13,837 -5.3 4.1 4.9
Germany 2,160 1,608 4,668 4,064 12,816 11,569 -25.6 -12.9 -9.7
Italy 1,680 1,824 4,764 5,824 10,414 11,992 8.6 22.3 15.2
Netherlands 1,032 912 2,460 2,572 5,580 6,618 -11.6 4.6 18.6
United Kingdom 14,736 12,888 32,628 34,112 90,445 92,019 -12.5 4.5 1.7
Americas 16,896 14,856 40,276 38,708 129,165 133,324 -12.1 -3.9 3.2
Canada 2,976 2,424 5,780 5,472 18,661 19,275 -18.5 -5.3 3.3
United States of America 12,600 11,496 30,484 29,308 93,707 97,933 -8.8 -3.9 4.5
Africa and the Middle East 3,792 2,712 10,536 9,208 37,077 39,310 -28.5 -12.6 6.0
South Africa 1,608 1,032 3,868 3,584 14,794 15,690 -35.8 -7.3 6.1
Not stated 18,456 20,280 49,428 56,524 174,996 193,558 9.9 14.4 10.6
Total(2) 198,835 192,415 527,228 556,833 1,968,175 2,066,696 -3.2 5.6 5.0
1. New Zealand residents departing for an intended period of less than 12 months.
2. These totals are actual counts and may differ from the sum of individual figures for different countries that are derived from samples.
Note: SAR Special Administrative Region
Source: Statistics New Zealand
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