In July 2017, 246,900 overseas visitors arrived in New Zealand, setting a new July record, Stats NZ said today. This was 4 percent more visitors than in July 2016. Almost half of all visitor arrivals in July 2017 were people coming to New Zealand for holidays. Visitor arrivals numbered 3.7 million in the July 2017 year, a new annual record. The 9 percent increase from the July 2016 year was mostly due to 189,100 (11 percent) more holidaymakers in the last 12 months. “The number of holidaymaker arrivals in New Zealand has been steadily increasing since 2011,” population statistics senior manager Peter Dolan said. ... (full story)