Overseas trips taken through Queenstown Airport by people living in New Zealand
Dec 2017–Dec 2024, thousands of arrivals from short-term trips
| Month | Number of arrivals |
|---|---|
| Dec 2017 | 1,673 |
| Jan 2018 | 2,906 |
| Feb 2018 | 1,643 |
| Mar 2018 | 1,946 |
| Apr 2018 | 2,259 |
| May 2018 | 2,254 |
| Jun 2018 | 2,725 |
| Jul 2018 | 2,905 |
| Aug 2018 | 2,548 |
| Sep 2018 | 2,463 |
| Oct 2018 | 4,167 |
| Nov 2018 | 2,242 |
| Dec 2018 | 2,259 |
| Jan 2019 | 3,233 |
| Feb 2019 | 1,703 |
| Mar 2019 | 2,652 |
| Apr 2019 | 3,041 |
| May 2019 | 2,526 |
| Jun 2019 | 3,018 |
| Jul 2019 | 3,983 |
| Aug 2019 | 3,450 |
| Sep 2019 | 3,067 |
| Oct 2019 | 4,263 |
| Nov 2019 | 2,698 |
| Dec 2019 | 3,197 |
| Jan 2020 | 4,038 |
| Feb 2020 | 2,097 |
| Mar 2020 | 2,067 |
| Apr 2020 | 0 |
| May 2020 | 0 |
| Jun 2020 | 0 |
| Jul 2020 | 0 |
| Aug 2020 | 0 |
| Sep 2020 | 0 |
| Oct 2020 | 0 |
| Nov 2020 | 0 |
| Dec 2020 | 0 |
| Jan 2021 | 0 |
| Feb 2021 | 0 |
| Mar 2021 | 0 |
| Apr 2021 | 142 |
| May 2021 | 571 |
| Jun 2021 | 402 |
| Jul 2021 | 644 |
| Aug 2021 | 0 |
| Sep 2021 | 0 |
| Oct 2021 | 0 |
| Nov 2021 | 0 |
| Dec 2021 | 0 |
| Jan 2022 | 0 |
| Feb 2022 | 0 |
| Mar 2022 | 0 |
| Apr 2022 | 4 |
| May 2022 | 123 |
| Jun 2022 | 888 |
| Jul 2022 | 2,377 |
| Aug 2022 | 2,142 |
| Sep 2022 | 2,160 |
| Oct 2022 | 4,628 |
| Nov 2022 | 3,177 |
| Dec 2022 | 3,190 |
| Jan 2023 | 4,895 |
| Feb 2023 | 2,557 |
| Mar 2023 | 3,222 |
| Apr 2023 | 4,405 |
| May 2023 | 3,261 |
| Jun 2023 | 3,292 |
| Jul 2023 | 4,031 |
| Aug 2023 | 3,728 |
| Sep 2023 | 3,695 |
| Oct 2023 | 6,297 |
| Nov 2023 | 4,438 |
| Dec 2023 | 4,140 |
| Jan 2024 | 5,420 |
| Feb 2024 | 3,137 |
| Mar 2024 | 3,280 |
| Apr 2024 | 4,432 |
| May 2024 | 3,530 |
| Jun 2024 | 3,866 |
| Jul 2024 | 5,016 |
| Aug 2024 | 3,804 |
| Sep 2024 | 3,837 |
| Oct 2024 | 6,152 |
| Nov 2024 | 3,756 |
| Dec 2024 | 3,838 |
Definitions
New Zealand-resident travellers: people who live in New Zealand and are travelling overseas for less than 12 months.
Data calculation/treatment
These statistics relate to the number of passenger movements to New Zealand, rather than to the number of people - that is, the multiple movements of individual people during a given reference period are each counted separately.
From March 2020 to July 2022, the New Zealand government implemented measures to protect New Zealanders from the COVID-19 virus, effectively limiting travel to and from New Zealand.
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Limitations of the data
Note: the 2023 data for countries with small samples is subject to high level of misclassification error and should be disregarded.
Changes to data collection/processing
Before November 2018, the travel purpose of New Zealand-resident travellers was based on departure card responses and linked to the correspondent arrival card via the passport number.
From November 2018, they are based on arrival card responses. This results in different patterns in purpose of travel. The two series should not be compared.
The travel purpose categories of New Zealand-resident travellers have been revised back to January 2020.
From November 2018 to December 2019, the travel purposes of 'Holiday/vacation', 'Visiting friends/relatives', and 'Conference/convention' were unavailable.
From January 2020, these travel purpose categories are separately available from a redesigned arrival card and excluded from the 'Other' category.
Until a full 12 months of data are available for each new travel purpose, year ended totals for the travel purpose of 'Other' will continue to include 'Holiday/vacation', 'Visiting friends/relatives', and 'Conference/convention'.
Data provided by
Dataset name
International Travel: NZ-resident traveller arrivals by purpose and NZ port (Monthly) December 2024
Webpage:
https://infoshare.stats.govt.nz/
How to find the data
At URL provided select: Tourism > International Travel and Migration - ITM > NZ-resident traveller arrivals by purpose and NZ port (Monthly).
All variables were selected to create this dataset.
Import & extraction details
File as imported: International Travel: NZ-resident traveller arrivals by purpose and NZ port (Monthly) December 2024
From the dataset International Travel: NZ-resident traveller arrivals by purpose and NZ port (Monthly) December 2024, this data was extracted:
- Rows: 4-104
- Columns: 2-73
- Provided: 7,272 data points
This data forms the table Travel - NZ resident arrivals by purpose and NZ port (Monthly) Aug 2016–Dec 2024.
Dataset originally released on:
February 17, 2025
About this dataset
International travel covers the number and characteristics of New Zealand resident travellers (short-term movements) entering New Zealand.
Purpose of collection
To track travel movements of New Zealand residents.
Method of collection/Data provider
Data is obtained from electronic passport and flight records by the New Zealand Customs Service.