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International tourism languished until the 1960s, when it began to grow rapidly thanks to the growth of passenger jet travel and the development of new tourist attractions and better accommodation.

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Source: New Zealand official yearbook and Statistics New Zealand

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Margaret McClure, Tourist industry – Tourism overview, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/graph/23166/tourist-arrivals (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Margaret McClure, published 2 March 2010.