{"id":74544,"date":"2025-10-12T22:31:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-12T22:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/74544\/"},"modified":"2025-10-12T22:31:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-12T22:31:08","slug":"tourism-numbers-up-in-august-airline-group-says-new-zealand-getting-close-to-pre-pandemic-peaks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/74544\/","title":{"rendered":"Tourism numbers up in August, airline group says New Zealand getting close to pre-pandemic peaks"},"content":{"rendered":"O\u2019Brien said New Zealand\u2019s airline capacity for the \u201cnorthern winter\u201d from October to March was forecast to be up 8.2% compared to a year earlier. <\/p>\n
Earlier today, ASB economists said inbound tourism numbers had plateaued at levels below pre-pandemic peaks, but a weaker New Zealand dollar might encourage higher tourist spending. <\/p>\n
Stats NZ said Australians comprised 53% of all recorded visitors from overseas in August.<\/p>\n
New Zealand also had more visitors from China, Taiwan and Japan compared to a year earlier.<\/p>\n
The total number of August overseas visitor arrivals was 92% of the pre-pandemic peak.<\/p>\n
Across the year to the end of August, overseas visitor arrivals numbered 3.41 million, an increase of 177,000 from the previous 12 months.<\/p>\n
The biggest increases were from Australia, the US, the UK and Japan.<\/p>\n
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