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New Zealand tourist arrivals soar in December

New Zealand tourist arrivals soar in December

Write: Vikram [2011-05-20]

New Zealand tourist arrivals soar in December

Posted: Fri 4 Feb, 2011 4:49 PM

New Zealand tourist arrivals soar in December

New Zealand Tourism has seen an influx of Australian and Chinese tourists that led to a surge in tourists arrivals in December 2010.

Statistics New Zealand has reported the number of Australians visiting the country rose to 3% to 151,400 while Chinese tourists increased to 21% to 14,200 in December 2010, as reported in eTurbo News. A total increase of 1.3% to 345,700 was recorded for the month of December 2010 in comparison to December 2009.

The growth in visitor arrivals is suspected to be linked to the Rugby World Cup.

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