Travel Statistics

Thousands of New Zealanders travel off-shore each year, for holiday, business, visiting friends and relatives and many other reasons. Collection and processing of departure cards provides information on these travellers.

The Ministry of Tourism collates various data on outbound travel by New Zealanders.

Each month the Ministry of Tourism publishes the Tourism Leading Indicators Monitor. Whilst this predominantly focuses on inbound tourism it also includes several tables on outbound travel including trends and patterns.

Each month Statistics New Zealand releases data on travel and migration that details the number of overseas visitors and New Zealand residents entering or leaving New Zealand. These statistics are based on final counts of arrivals to and departures from New Zealand.