New Zealand Immigration, Tourism Numbers Reach New Records

With the end of 2016, the numbers and statistics can definitely be disclosed and finalized. And that is why the numbers for tourism as well as immigration in New Zealand have been recently disclosed and they show interesting facts.

According to this country, the numbers of tourists as well as immigrants who came to the country last year have definitely broken their records. There were a lot more immigrants who joined the country and there were even more people on holiday who chose to visit the country and these numbers as compared to what they have been recorded in earlier years. The country’s experts on immigration and economy have been able to check their numbers and they believe that with the current rate of people coming in the country are going to continue to go up with each year.

The story in the immigration numbers

According to the numbers from New Zealand, migration’s annual net for the country went up to 70,600 come the last month of last year. The greatest number of increase in migrants came from the United Kingdom and three Asian countries – China, India, and the Philippines.

The number of immigrants to the country went up by 4% which amounts to a total of 127,300 for the whole year. This is another record for the country.

As with regards to people in New Zealand moving out of the country and moving to another one, there were a lot less movers for 2016. The departures went down by 0.5% which amounts to 56,700 in total.

The story in the tourism numbers

When it comes to tourism and other people coming in the country only for a visit or for short-term (which may include individuals coming over to the country to be able to visit their friends, and family; as well as individuals who went to the country for a vacation or for work), the numbers were also up.

According to the New Zealand Statistics department, by the end of the 2016, the numbers increased by 12% totaling to a high of 3.5 million.

These numbers definitely mean something and New Zealand can be quite happy about this.

What the country is doing

New Zealand has been working on the criteria that it has when it comes to skilled migrants. They have made it stricter to be sure that they are doing things right without keeping everybody out. They also have focused on student visa applications to the country.

Despite this, the numbers are still astounding and this definitely means that the country is still a magnet for people who are looking for greener pastures. And the stricter policies are not keeping them away.

 

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