Australia is far outstripping New Zealand on the tourism front. 

Data from Stats NZ shows that New Zealand had just over 340,000 visitors in March this year, up 74,200 compared to last year. 

In comparison, Australia had more than 760,000, a 24.1% increase from March last year. 

Tourism Minister Matt Doocey told Mike Hosking that we’re actually tracking pretty well when you look at the figures for the year ending March 2024. 

He said that we’re sitting at about 82% of pre-Covid numbers, which is roughly the same as Australia, and in line with the global rate of 85%. 

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