Visitor arrivals to New Zealand up 11% in Jan-2017, departures up 14%

Statistics New Zealand reported (Feb-2017) international visitor arrivals to New Zealand rose 11% year-on-year in Jan-2017. Details include:

• Total international visitor arrivals: 381,068, +11.0% year-on-year;
• • Oceania: 140,912, +4.6%;
  • • Australia: 127,760, +4.2%;
  • Asia: 99,536, +22.8%;
  • • China: 54,096, +32.4%;
    • Hong Kong: 4736, +77.2%;
    • Japan: 9104, +3.1%;
    • South Korea: 12,592, -1.3%;
    • Malaysia: 2704, +81.7%;
    • Singapore: 2720, +9.7%;
  • Europe: 84,224, +9.1%;
  • • UK: 35,344, +0.5%;
    • Germany: 15,952, +19.7%;
  • Americas: 48,352 +16.1%;
  • • USA: 34,240, +18.1%;
    • Canada: 7952, +6.2%;
  • Africa and Middle East: 1232, -4.9%;
  • • South Africa: 1232, -4.9%;
• Departures: 165,673, +13.7%. [more - original PR]

According to the CAPA Tourism Traffic Database, Jan-2017 marks the busiest January ever.