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Tourist Arrivals From Asia To New Zealand Likely To Be Hit By Swine Flu Outbreak

by Aruna on July 22, 2009 at 10:46 AM General Health News

Officials said that the number of Asian tourists visiting New Zealand has plummeted due to swine flu fears.

The numbers of visitors from China, Japan and South Korea fell by half in June compared with the same month last year as the influenza A(H1N1) virus spread in New Zealand and elsewhere.

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"Experience with past shocks, like SARs and September 11, meant we knew that arrivals from our Asian markets would likely be badly hit by the swine flu outbreak," Tourism New Zealand chief executive George Hickton said.

Visitor numbers from Japan fell 67 percent to 2,300 last month from June last year, the lowest number of arrivals from there since June 1985, Statistics New Zealand said Tuesday.

In the same month the number of visitors from China fell 49.4 percent to 2,556 and South Korean tourist numbers dropped 48.5 percent to 3,114.

Overall, the number of Asian visitors fell 37.4 percent to 17,982 in June compared with a year earlier.

Hickton said it was hoped that some of the earlier threatened cancellations from Asia could be turned into postponements in coming months.

"Fortunately, our offshore offices are picking up some more positive signals for later this year," he said.

"We are hoping China will start to improve from September, and the outlook for Japan is also looking slightly better for the first time in many months."

The impact of the global economic crisis has also hurt tourism, which provides one in 10 New Zealand jobs and nearly 10 percent of gross domestic product.

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