Tourists continue to flock across the ditch - to New Zealand
Tourists continue to flock across the ditch - to New Zealand
10 December 2025
Stats NZ figures show more than 260-thousand overseas travellers visited in October - 22-thousand up on the year before.
More than 120-thousand came from Australia - a record October high.
Tourism Industry Aotearoa CEO, Rebecca Ingram, says it's cool Aussies are leading the charge.
She says that's a result of concerted Government, regional and industry efforts to sell the idea of a transtasman holiday.
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