New Zealanders are traveling more.

On June 3rd, New Zealand's National Statistics Agency (Stats NZ) announced that exports of services from the country to the rest of the world increased sharply in the third quarter of 2026, mainly due to increased spending by tourists.

Mission Bay area in Auckland (New Zealand). (Photo: Xinhua News Agency)

According to data released by Stats NZ, services exports increased by 17% to NZ$11.5 billion this quarter compared to the same period last year. Tourism services led the growth, increasing by 23% to NZ$7 billion.

Specifically, according to Viki Ward, spokesperson for New Zealand's National Statistics Office for International Accounts, the category measuring spending by foreign visitors in New Zealand accounts for more than 80% of the total increase in services exports.

Exports from individual tourists increased by 22% to NZ$6.7 billion, while business travel increased by 65% ​​to NZ$364 million.

According to data released by Stats NZ, both types of individual travel – holidays and visits to family and friends, along with travel for educational purposes – increased in the third quarter of 2026.

Stats NZ also added that Australia remains the largest source of tourists, contributing NZ$1.3 billion to individual tourism exports and accounting for 36% of total visitors in the third quarter of 2026.

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According to Xinhua News Agency

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