Australian visitor arrivals increase – news story
13 November 2025
Visitor arrivals from Australia reached 1.48 million in the September 2025 year, up from 1.33 million the year before, according to data released by Stats NZ today.
This was an increase of 153,500, or 12 percent, compared with the September 2024 year.
“For September years, 2025 was the second highest for the number of visitor arrivals from Australia, after 2019,” international travel statistics spokesperson Bryan Downes said.
“The increase in visitor numbers from Australia in the September 2025 year coincided with an increase in flights between Australia and New Zealand, and a Tourism New Zealand marketing campaign from early 2025 targeting the Australian market,” Downes said.
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