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133,200 rugby fans visited
The OCT11 international visitor arrival stats have revealed a 16.8% hike in numbers over those recorded for OCT10.
The total number of visitors arriving for the Rugby World Cup 2011 is confirmed at 133,200 against a forecast of 95,000 for the JUL-OCT period. Statistics New Zealand says 53,200 fans arrived in OCT, adding to 80,000 who arrived between July and September.
Tourism New Zealand chief executive Kevin Bowler says to see the forecasts exceeded so resoundingly was a fantastic result. “We promoted the New Zealand message hard around the tournament and so expected to see this sort of growth from traditional rugby-loving nations like Australia (up 17,200 people, 21%), South Africa (up 4,900 people, 417%) the UK (up 2,800 people, 19%) and France (up 2,700 people, 147%).
“What we also see in the October result is that the RWC helped lift year-end visitor arrivals back into growth (up 2.6%) after a really difficult year. “The steady, significant growth in visitors from China (up 23%); Malaysia (up 141%) and Singapore (up 99%) round out what was a very good month for inbound international arrivals.”
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