Source: Statistics New Zealand
Annual visitor arrivals up 9 percent – news story
14 August 2026
There were 3.67 million overseas visitor arrivals to New Zealand in the June 2026 year, up 9 percent from 3.38 million in the June 2025 year, according to data released by Stats NZ today.
“Visitor arrivals were up almost 300,000 in the June 2026 year, compared with the year before,” international travel statistics spokesperson Dave O’Donovan said.
“Visitors from Australia and China made up over two-thirds of the increase.”
There were 144,400 more visitor arrivals from Australia and 67,000 more visitor arrivals from China in the June 2026 year, compared with the June 2025 year.
The largest sources of visitor arrivals in the June 2026 year were Australia (1.59 million), the United States (385,500), China (315,400), and the United Kingdom (196,500).