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Tourists to New Zealand

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Tourists to New Zealand

As suggested by this cartoon from the Mercantile Gazette in July 2000, United States tourists visiting New Zealand tended to be bigger spenders than Australians or Britons. On average in 2010, tourists from the US stayed in New Zealand for 15 days and spent $2,675.

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Robert Ayson and Jock Phillips, United States and New Zealand – Trade, culture and people, 1985–, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/cartoon/32909/tourists-to-new-zealand (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Robert Ayson and Jock Phillips, published 14 March 2012.