The number of overseas visitors arriving on holiday (98,100) to New Zealand increased 14 percent in October 2014 compared with October 2013, Statistics New Zealand said today. The number of visitor arrivals to New Zealand in total for October 2014 (210,600) increased 8 percent compared with October 2013. "More visitors arrived from China, Australia, and the United States in October 2014," population statistics manager Vina Cullum said. "These countries were also the main source of an increase in visitors arriving on holiday." In the October 2014 year, visitor arrivals numbered 2.82 million, up 5 percent from the ... (full story)