{"version":"1","article":{"id":"nz-international-travel-july-2026","slug":"nz-international-travel-july-2026","language":"en","url":"https://haberpaper.com/en/news/nz-international-travel-july-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/nz-international-travel-july-2026?lang=en","title":"Overseas visitor arrivals to New Zealand reach 256,600 in July","summary":"Overseas visitor arrivals rose by 20,100 year on year and exceeded the July 2019 level. Visitors from Australia accounted for 53% of arrivals.","category":"business","region":"world","topics":[],"published_at":"2026-10-05T20:14:39+03:00","modified_at":"2026-10-05T20:14:39+03:00","publication_basis":"publication-record","event_period":"2026-07","event_period_basis":"event-or-reference-period","sources":[{"name":"Stats NZ","url":"https://www.stats.govt.nz/information-releases/international-travel-july-2026/","publishedAt":"2026-09-14","checkedAt":"2026-10-05"}],"translations":[{"language":"tr","url":"https://haberpaper.com/tr/news/nz-international-travel-july-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/nz-international-travel-july-2026?lang=tr"},{"language":"en","url":"https://haberpaper.com/en/news/nz-international-travel-july-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/nz-international-travel-july-2026?lang=en"},{"language":"ar","url":"https://haberpaper.com/ar/news/nz-international-travel-july-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/nz-international-travel-july-2026?lang=ar"},{"language":"fr","url":"https://haberpaper.com/fr/news/nz-international-travel-july-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/nz-international-travel-july-2026?lang=fr"},{"language":"es","url":"https://haberpaper.com/es/news/nz-international-travel-july-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/nz-international-travel-july-2026?lang=es"}],"data_types":[],"data":null,"data_compilations":[],"data_downloads":[],"content":{"paragraphs":["New Zealand received 256,600 overseas visitor arrivals in July 2026, up 20,100 from July 2025, Stats NZ said in a release on 14 September. The monthly total was a record for a July and equalled 100.4% of the pre-pandemic July 2019 level. Australia accounted for 53% of arrivals and China 11%. The 134,900 arrivals from Australia were the highest for a July month from that country. These figures are based on short-term border movements and do not measure long-term migration.","New Zealand-resident traveller arrivals were 317,000 in July, down 5,000 from July 2025 and at 93% of the July 2019 level. In the July year, overseas visitor arrivals reached 3.69 million, an increase of 305,000; arrivals from China rose by 76,000 to 321,000. The monthly and annual totals describe different time windows. Travel statistics help monitor visitor-market recovery but do not measure spending per visitor or tourism revenue by themselves. Border crossings may also count more than one movement by the same individual."],"key_points":[],"sections":[]},"text":"Overseas visitor arrivals rose by 20,100 year on year and exceeded the July 2019 level. Visitors from Australia accounted for 53% of arrivals.\n\nNew Zealand received 256,600 overseas visitor arrivals in July 2026, up 20,100 from July 2025, Stats NZ said in a release on 14 September. The monthly total was a record for a July and equalled 100.4% of the pre-pandemic July 2019 level. Australia accounted for 53% of arrivals and China 11%. The 134,900 arrivals from Australia were the highest for a July month from that country. These figures are based on short-term border movements and do not measure long-term migration.\n\nNew Zealand-resident traveller arrivals were 317,000 in July, down 5,000 from July 2025 and at 93% of the July 2019 level. In the July year, overseas visitor arrivals reached 3.69 million, an increase of 305,000; arrivals from China rose by 76,000 to 321,000. The monthly and annual totals describe different time windows. Travel statistics help monitor visitor-market recovery but do not measure spending per visitor or tourism revenue by themselves. Border crossings may also count more than one movement by the same individual.","corrections":[],"editorial_illustration":{"kind":"symbolic-editorial-illustration","documentary":false,"scope":"section","asset_id":"business","url":"https://haberpaper.com/assets/illustrations/business-1536.webp","width":1536,"height":1024,"alt":"Symbolic industrial workshop with machinery, a warehouse and a crane.","language":"en"},"section_illustration":{"kind":"symbolic-editorial-illustration","documentary":false,"scope":"section","asset_id":"business","url":"https://haberpaper.com/assets/illustrations/business-1536.webp","width":1536,"height":1024,"alt":"Symbolic industrial workshop with machinery, a warehouse and a crane.","language":"en"}}}