Direct flights drive jump in Asian tourists in November, Auckland Airport says

Direct flights drive jump in Asian tourists in November, Auckland Airport says
Jonathan Underhill
Dec. 23 (BusinessDesk) - Visitors from China led a jump in Asian arrivals through Auckland International Airport in November, confirming government figures that show New Zealand is becoming a more popular destination as airlines add capacity. International passengers rose 6.3 percent in November from a year earlier to 707,047, the airport company said. Visitors from China jumped about 34 percent to 34,001, Indian visitors climbed about 29 percent to 4,930 and those from South Korea rose 19 percent to 5,057. Japanese visitors rose about 15 pe...