New Zealand international visitor arrivals declined 98.9 percent in December after falling 98.6 percent in the prior month, as the country remained under border restrictions to contain the coronavirus threat. Overseas visitor arrivals were down by 522,300 to 5,900 in December 2020, compared with December 2019. Visitors declined mainly from Australia (-194.6 thousand), the United States (-56 thousand), United Kingdom (-41 thousand), and China (-36.7 thousand). In the December 2020 year compared with the previous twelve months period, the number of overseas arrivals was 996,400, down by 2.89 million. source: Statistics New Zealand
Tourist Arrivals in New Zealand averaged 66032.27 from 1921 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 529255 in December of 2018 and a record low of 40 in April of 1942. This page provides the latest reported value for - New Zealand Tourist Arrivals - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. New Zealand Tourist Arrivals - data, historical chart, forecasts and calendar of releases - was last updated on March of 2021.
Tourist Arrivals in New Zealand is expected to be 8000.00 by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. Looking forward, we estimate Tourist Arrivals in New Zealand to stand at 155000.00 in 12 months time. In the long-term, the New Zealand Tourist Arrivals is projected to trend around 295000.00 in 2022, according to our econometric models.