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New Zealand records 83,000 visitor arrivals from India in September year

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13 Nov 2026, 1:14 am IST1 min read

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New Zealand counted 83,000 short-term visitor arrivals from India in the year through September 2026, a record for a September year from that market, Stats NZ said on 12 November. Across all markets, New Zealand logged 3.74 million overseas visitor arrivals in the same year, an increase of 310,000 from the previous September year.

September alone brought 273,000 overseas visitor arrivals from all markets, up 24,400 from September 2025. That set a new high for the month, exceeding the previous September record of 261,800 in 2019. The India figure covers twelve months, while the 273,000 figure covers a single month across all markets.

The series counts short-term arrivals at the border. A visitor who enters more than once can contribute more than one arrival.

This work is based on Stats NZ’s data which are licensed by Stats NZ for reuse under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence.

Cover image is an AI-generated editorial illustration.

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Credit: Stats NZ, International travel, September 2026. Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International.

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