International travel: May 2025 – information release
10 July 2025
International travel covers the number and characteristics of overseas visitors and New Zealand resident travellers (short-term movements) entering or leaving New Zealand.
Key facts
Monthly arrivals – overseas visitors
Overseas visitor arrivals were 190,600 in May 2025, an increase of 10,900 from May 2024. The biggest changes were in arrivals from:
- Australia (up 4,200)
- China (up 2,300)
- United States (up 1,300).
The total number of overseas visitor arrivals in May 2025 was 87 percent of the 219,300 in May 2019 (before the COVID-19 pandemic).
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