Tourist Arrivals in New Zealand decreased to 230292 in August from 236550 in July of 2025. This dataset provides the latest reported value for - New Zealand Tourist Arrivals - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

New Zealand recorded over **** million international visitor arrivals in the year ended June 2025, marking an increase from the previous year, in which just over **** million overseas visitors traveled into the country. International visitor arrivals to New Zealand hit an all-time low of ******* in 2021 due to COVID-19-related lockdowns and travel restrictions. Inbound tourism: which are the top visitor groups? In the 2025 financial year, over **** million tourists arrived from Australia to New Zealand, making it the largest group of international visitor arrivals into the country that year. The United States, China, and the United Kingdom were the next biggest international visitor cohorts to New Zealand across the leading countries and regions of origin in 2025. Nonetheless, despite being only the **** most prominent country in terms of total visitors, Singapore was the country to witness the largest annual growth in international arrivals to New Zealand. Outbound tourism: where are New Zealanders traveling to? More than *** million New Zealand resident traveler departures were recorded in the year ended June 2025, marking an increase in departures from the previous year. Australia was by far the most popular travel destination for New Zealanders, with Fiji, the United States, China, and the United Kingdom rounding out the top five. In terms of favorite holiday destinations of New Zealand outbound travelers, Australia and Fiji topped the ranking, alongside the Cook Islands and Indonesia.

In the month of June 2025, there were over ******* international visitor arrivals to New Zealand, marking a slight increase from the same month of 2024, with around ******* international arrivals. The significant recovery in visitor numbers from March 2022 onwards can be attributed to New Zealand reopening its borders to travelers after a two-year COVID-19 lockout. International tourism in New Zealand From its picturesque shorelines to its striking mountain ranges, New Zealand has become an appealing destination for international tourists. Auckland, New Zealand’s North Island metropolis, alongside Christchurch, Queenstown, and Wellington, are some of the most popular destinations for international visitors in the country. In 2025, the largest groups of overseas arrivals into the country traveled from Australia, the United States, and China. That year, the number of visitors from Australia to New Zealand witnessed an increase of over ******* arrivals from the year 2024. The leading reasons for visiting New Zealand were to go on holiday or to visit friends or relatives. Tourism sector recovery in New Zealand From April 2020 to February 2022, New Zealand’s international tourist numbers plummeted, witnessing a short-lived recovery between April and July 2021, with tourism industry owners emphasizing the importance of international travel to New Zealand's tourism sector recovery. Between 2022 and 2025, the country’s international tourism sector showed strong signs of recovery, with international visitor numbers leaping from just over ******* in 2022 to over **** million in 2025. While this is still not quite at the pre-pandemic high witnessed in 2019, it is safe to say that New Zealand’s international travel sector is back on track.

New Zealand NZ: International Tourism: Number of Departures data was reported at 2,611,000.000 Person in 2016. This records an increase from the previous number of 2,412,000.000 Person for 2015. New Zealand NZ: International Tourism: Number of Departures data is updated yearly, averaging 1,866,500.000 Person from Dec 1995 (Median) to 2016, with 22 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 2,611,000.000 Person in 2016 and a record low of 920,000.000 Person in 1995. New Zealand NZ: International Tourism: Number of Departures data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s New Zealand – Table NZ.World Bank.WDI: Tourism Statistics. International outbound tourists are the number of departures that people make from their country of usual residence to any other country for any purpose other than a remunerated activity in the country visited. The data on outbound tourists refer to the number of departures, not to the number of people traveling. Thus a person who makes several trips from a country during a given period is counted each time as a new departure.; ; World Tourism Organization, Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files.; Gap-filled total;

New Zealand NZ: International Tourism: Receipts: for Travel Items data was reported at 9.418 USD bn in 2016. This records an increase from the previous number of 9.140 USD bn for 2015. New Zealand NZ: International Tourism: Receipts: for Travel Items data is updated yearly, averaging 6.064 USD bn from Dec 1995 (Median) to 2016, with 22 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 9.418 USD bn in 2016 and a record low of 1.857 USD bn in 1998. New Zealand NZ: International Tourism: Receipts: for Travel Items data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s New Zealand – Table NZ.World Bank.WDI: Tourism Statistics. International tourism receipts for travel items are expenditures by international inbound visitors in the reporting economy. The goods and services are purchased by, or on behalf of, the traveler or provided, without a quid pro quo, for the traveler to use or give away. These receipts should include any other prepayment made for goods or services received in the destination country. They also may include receipts from same-day visitors, except in cases where these are so important as to justify a separate classification. Excluded is the international carriage of travelers, which is covered in passenger travel items. Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; World Tourism Organization, Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files.; Gap-filled total;

Historical dataset showing New Zealand tourist spending by year from 1995 to 2018.

The largest group of international visitors to New Zealand arrived from Australia in the 2025 financial year, with over *** million Australian arrivals recorded. This accounted for over ********** of the total number of international arrivals to New Zealand that year. The United States made up the second-largest international tourist group entering the country in 2025, followed by China, the United Kingdom, and India. While Australia was the source market with the highest arrival numbers to New Zealand, Singapore witnessed the largest growth in international visitors to the country in 2025 from the previous year. New Zealand’s international visitor economy recovery Over **** million international tourists were recorded in New Zealand in 2025, marking an increase of over ****** from the previous year, and a growth of over ***** million from the low visitor arrival numbers witnessed in 2021. With the number of international arrivals on the recovery, international tourist expenditure has picked up again, coming in at around ***** billion New Zealand dollars in the year ended March 2024. Nonetheless, domestic visitor spending saw a slight contraction during the same period, breaking its steady upward trajectory between 2015 and 2023. International visitors to New Zealand recorded the highest spending on accommodation across tourism-related product types in the first quarter of 2025, followed by vehicle rentals and eating out at restaurants, cafés, and other food establishments. What encourages international tourists to visit New Zealand? The country’s landscapes and scenery was the top deciding factor in visiting New Zealand among international tourists, according to a survey conducted in the first quarter of 2025, followed by going to see friends and relatives. The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings movies were a key incentive for just over ***percent of participants. Among the leading activities undertaken by international visitors when visiting the country, walking, hiking, swimming, and surfing were the most popular, as well as boating-related activities.

In 2024, the total number of people employed in the tourism sector in New Zealand amounted to approximately ******* people. This marked an increase from the previous year, in which around ******* people were working in New Zealand's tourism sector.

New Zealand NZ: International Tourism: Number of Arrivals data was reported at 3,370,000.000 Person in 2016. This records an increase from the previous number of 3,039,000.000 Person for 2015. New Zealand NZ: International Tourism: Number of Arrivals data is updated yearly, averaging 2,373,000.000 Person from Dec 1998 (Median) to 2016, with 19 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 3,370,000.000 Person in 2016 and a record low of 1,475,000.000 Person in 1998. New Zealand NZ: International Tourism: Number of Arrivals data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s New Zealand – Table NZ.World Bank.WDI: Tourism Statistics. International inbound tourists (overnight visitors) are the number of tourists who travel to a country other than that in which they have their usual residence, but outside their usual environment, for a period not exceeding 12 months and whose main purpose in visiting is other than an activity remunerated from within the country visited. When data on number of tourists are not available, the number of visitors, which includes tourists, same-day visitors, cruise passengers, and crew members, is shown instead. Sources and collection methods for arrivals differ across countries. In some cases data are from border statistics (police, immigration, and the like) and supplemented by border surveys. In other cases data are from tourism accommodation establishments. For some countries number of arrivals is limited to arrivals by air and for others to arrivals staying in hotels. Some countries include arrivals of nationals residing abroad while others do not. Caution should thus be used in comparing arrivals across countries. The data on inbound tourists refer to the number of arrivals, not to the number of people traveling. Thus a person who makes several trips to a country during a given period is counted each time as a new arrival.; ; World Tourism Organization, Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files.; Gap-filled total;

New Zealand NZ: International Tourism: Receipts: % of Total Exports data was reported at 19.405 % in 2016. This records an increase from the previous number of 18.674 % for 2015. New Zealand NZ: International Tourism: Receipts: % of Total Exports data is updated yearly, averaging 16.225 % from Dec 2000 (Median) to 2016, with 17 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 20.164 % in 2005 and a record low of 12.203 % in 2000. New Zealand NZ: International Tourism: Receipts: % of Total Exports data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s New Zealand – Table NZ.World Bank.WDI: Tourism Statistics. International tourism receipts are expenditures by international inbound visitors, including payments to national carriers for international transport. These receipts include any other prepayment made for goods or services received in the destination country. They also may include receipts from same-day visitors, except when these are important enough to justify separate classification. For some countries they do not include receipts for passenger transport items. Their share in exports is calculated as a ratio to exports of goods and services, which comprise all transactions between residents of a country and the rest of the world involving a change of ownership from residents to nonresidents of general merchandise, goods sent for processing and repairs, nonmonetary gold, and services.; ; World Tourism Organization, Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, and IMF and World Bank exports estimates.; Weighted average;

The expenditure of international visitor arrivals to New Zealand was estimated at around ** billion New Zealand dollars for the year ended March 2024, marking an increase of over *** billion dollars from the previous year. Domestic tourist spending declined slightly to just shy of **** billion New Zealand dollars that same year.

New Zealand NZ: International Tourism: Expenditures: for Travel Items data was reported at 4.010 USD bn in 2016. This records an increase from the previous number of 3.721 USD bn for 2015. New Zealand NZ: International Tourism: Expenditures: for Travel Items data is updated yearly, averaging 2.558 USD bn from Dec 1995 (Median) to 2016, with 22 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 4.108 USD bn in 2014 and a record low of 1.235 USD bn in 2000. New Zealand NZ: International Tourism: Expenditures: for Travel Items data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s New Zealand – Table NZ.World Bank.WDI: Tourism Statistics. International tourism expenditures are expenditures of international outbound visitors in other countries. The goods and services are purchased by, or on behalf of, the traveler or provided, without a quid pro quo, for the traveler to use or give away. These may include expenditures by residents traveling abroad as same-day visitors, except in cases where these are so important as to justify a separate classification. Excluded is the international carriage of travelers, which is covered in passenger travel items. Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; World Tourism Organization, Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files.; Gap-filled total;

In the year ended June 2025, around ******* inbound tourists to New Zealand were aged between 25 and 34 years old, making it the leading age group for international arrivals into the country that year. The second-largest group of international tourists by age were those aged 55 to 64 years old, with over ******* people in this age category traveling to New Zealand in financial year 2025.

International and domestic tourists in New Zealand spent an estimated *** billion New Zealand dollars on retail products in the year ended March 2024. That same year, tourist expenditure on food and beverage services came to over *** billion New Zealand dollars.

New Zealand NZ: International Tourism: Receipts data was reported at 9.418 USD bn in 2016. This records an increase from the previous number of 9.140 USD bn for 2015. New Zealand NZ: International Tourism: Receipts data is updated yearly, averaging 6.064 USD bn from Dec 1995 (Median) to 2016, with 22 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 9.418 USD bn in 2016 and a record low of 1.857 USD bn in 1998. New Zealand NZ: International Tourism: Receipts data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s New Zealand – Table NZ.World Bank.WDI: Tourism Statistics. International tourism receipts are expenditures by international inbound visitors, including payments to national carriers for international transport. These receipts include any other prepayment made for goods or services received in the destination country. They also may include receipts from same-day visitors, except when these are important enough to justify separate classification. For some countries they do not include receipts for passenger transport items. Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; World Tourism Organization, Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files.; Gap-filled total;

The Tourism Satellite Account provides a picture of the role tourism plays in New Zealand, with information on the changing levels and impact of tourism activity. It presents information on tourism's contribution to the New Zealand economy in terms of expenditure and employment. The data provider develops and publishes the tourism satellite account, using a United Nations World Tourism Organization framework, with funding from the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment. This is part of a core set of tourism data that provides base information for understanding and monitoring tourism activity in New Zealand. Other elements of the core dataset include a survey of spending by international visitors, regional tourism expenditure estimates, visitor arrival and accommodation statistics, and forecasts of international tourist numbers and expenditure.

New Zealand NZ: International Tourism: Expenditures data was reported at 4.010 USD bn in 2016. This records an increase from the previous number of 3.721 USD bn for 2015. New Zealand NZ: International Tourism: Expenditures data is updated yearly, averaging 2.558 USD bn from Dec 1995 (Median) to 2016, with 22 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 4.108 USD bn in 2014 and a record low of 1.235 USD bn in 2000. New Zealand NZ: International Tourism: Expenditures data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s New Zealand – Table NZ.World Bank.WDI: Tourism Statistics. International tourism expenditures are expenditures of international outbound visitors in other countries, including payments to foreign carriers for international transport. These expenditures may include those by residents traveling abroad as same-day visitors, except in cases where these are important enough to justify separate classification. For some countries they do not include expenditures for passenger transport items. Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; World Tourism Organization, Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files.; Gap-filled total;

According to a survey of international visitors to New Zealand conducted in the first quarter of 2025, the country's landscapes and scenery was the leading factor drawing in international tourists, with around ** percent of respondents indicating this. Visiting friends or relatives was the second-most prevalent aspect considered when deciding whether to visit New Zealand among international tourists. The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings movies were cited by around ** percent of respondents as a key factor influencing their decision to travel to the country.

New Zealand NZ: International Tourism: Expenditures: % of Total Imports data was reported at 8.439 % in 2016. This records an increase from the previous number of 7.833 % for 2015. New Zealand NZ: International Tourism: Expenditures: % of Total Imports data is updated yearly, averaging 7.554 % from Dec 2000 (Median) to 2016, with 17 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 8.439 % in 2016 and a record low of 6.878 % in 2008. New Zealand NZ: International Tourism: Expenditures: % of Total Imports data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s New Zealand – Table NZ.World Bank.WDI: Tourism Statistics. International tourism expenditures are expenditures of international outbound visitors in other countries, including payments to foreign carriers for international transport. These expenditures may include those by residents traveling abroad as same-day visitors, except in cases where these are important enough to justify separate classification. For some countries they do not include expenditures for passenger transport items. Their share in imports is calculated as a ratio to imports of goods and services, which comprise all transactions between residents of a country and the rest of the world involving a change of ownership from nonresidents to residents of general merchandise, goods sent for processing and repairs, nonmonetary gold, and services.; ; World Tourism Organization, Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, and IMF and World Bank imports estimates.; Weighted average;

. Stats NZ provides Tourism Revenue in local currency. Federal Reserve Board average market exchange rate is used for currency conversions. Tourism Revenue prior to 2015 is calculated as the sum of Visitor Arrivals Spending for Holiday or Vacation, Visiting Friends or Relatives, Business and Other, provided by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment.