Tourist numbers dip in May on fewer Chinese, Indian arrivals

Tourist numbers dip in May on fewer Chinese, Indian arrivals
Rebecca Howard
By Rebecca Howard July 15 (BusinessDesk) - International travel into New Zealand eased in May with fewer visitors arriving from China and India. About 219,300 visitors arrived in New Zealand in May, down 1.2 percent on the year, Stats NZ figures show. The number of Chinese visitors fell 9 percent on the year to 27,782. There were 90,848 Australian visitors that month, up 0.8 percent on the year. The number of visitors from India tumbled 20.6 percent to 7,193.  “May is typically a quiet month for international travel to New Zealand,” po...

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