Source: Statistics New Zealand
International travel: October 2025 – information release
10 December 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 262,700 in October 2025, an increase of 22,500 from October 2024. The biggest changes were in arrivals from:
- Australia (up 13,500)
- China (up 1,500)
- Korea (up 1,300)
- Taiwan (up 1,200)
- Hong Kong (up 900)
- United States (up 800)
- Japan (up 700).
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