Record January For New Zealanders Travelling

New Zealand-resident traveller arrivals in January 2024 was a record for any January month, according to data released by Stats NZ today.

There were 328,100 New Zealand-resident travellers who arrived back in January 2024. This exceeded the pre-COVID numbers of 320,900 in January 2019 and 326,300 in January 2020.

"Arrivals are typically high in January as New Zealanders return from summer breaks, mostly from visiting friends and relatives, and holidaying abroad," population indicators manager Tehseen Islam said.

The record number of New Zealand-resident arrivals for any month was 345,100 in July 2018.

January monthNew Zealand-resident travellers
2014228202
2015246806
2016262570
2017288306
2018316840
2019320945
2020326341
20213592
20228475
2023240401
2024328125

In January 2024, Australia was the top destination for New Zealand-resident travellers, followed by China, the United States, Fiji, and India.

Month-YearAustraliaChinaUnited StatesFijiIndiaUnited KingdomCook Islands
Jan-20221160162799716598631873
Feb-2022984163407497202893765
Mar-20221504642915011183203612293058
Apr-20223362733227225350371322946578
May-20224062736743609630531636598114
Jun-2022427303804742118494291512610390
Jul-20226486952699772158142451060813171
Aug-202262879625107672019348601346710922
Sep-202265689744113751879249361154210337
Oct-202288526998145101977954651000110173
Nov-20228375110011053413180861458877487
Dec-202254099123681649453707435564580
Jan-2023762002691148461450415340130306069
Feb-2023558574755774178421658031223894
Mar-2023684673379789583251336927664659
Apr-20239056469231212714169847257546544
May-20238124473551379315478726569107833
Jun-202378844714312932201844896103059398
Jul-20239577711652198362555340001726410311
Aug-2023847857033152612701638311447910742
Sep-2023936477461164212081744641496510396
Oct-202312635413646194002264155051409010195
Nov-20239915384201222714880733362657613
Dec-2023774846986964610255763241725478
Jan-202411715524795186191654015951137758114

New Zealand-resident traveller arrivals are people living in New Zealand and arriving back after an absence of less than 12 months.

Visitor arrivals

There were 326,400 overseas visitor arrivals in January 2024. This was up 58,100 (22 percent) from January 2023.

"While outbound travel from New Zealand has returned to pre-pandemic levels, overseas visitor arrivals were still about 20 percent lower than they were," Islam said.

The main sources of overseas visitors were Australia, the United States, the United Kingdom, and China.

In the year ended January 2024, overseas visitor arrivals totalled 3.0 million, compared with a peak of 3.9 million in the year ended October 2019.

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