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Kōrero: Economic history

International tourists

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International tourists

This cartoon in the Mercantile Gazetteof 2000 suggests how much international tourists meant to the New Zealand economy. By then tourism had become the biggest earner of overseas income for New Zealand.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: DX-023-003

by Ashley W. Smith

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Brian Easton, Economic history – External diversification after 1966, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/cartoon/24358/international-tourists (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Brian Easton, i tāngia i te 12 April 2010.