WELLINGTON, Jan. 20 (Xinhua) -- Australia has remained as New Zealand's top source of visitor arrivals, accounting for nearly half of the total arrivals in November last year.
New Zealand's overseas visitor arrivals were 231,300 in November 2022, up 226,000 from November 2021, with arrivals from Australia up 105,300, the United States up 25,000, and Britain up 14,900, the statistics department Stats NZ said on Friday.
Arrivals from Singapore, Germany, Canada and India all increased in that month, it said.
Annually, New Zealand's overseas visitor arrivals were 1.07 million in the November 2022 year, up 867,000 from the November 2021 year. The biggest changes were in arrivals from Australia, the United States, Britain, among other countries.
From Aug. 1, 2022, New Zealand's border opened to all visitors and international students. ■