AN EFFECT OF WAR.
TOURIST TRADE COLLAPSE. The collapse' of the tourist trade of New Zealand, as a consequence of the war, is recorded in the summary of external migration in the latest issue of the Abstract of Statistics. Tourists visiting the Dominion in January were 632, as against .1888 and 2205 iii January of 1938 and 1939 respectively. No cruising ships arrived that month and for the 10 months the tourists on such ships wore 559, as against 4918 and 93G0 in the two preceding years. The total number of visitors in January was 2292 and for the 10 months 28,752. For January, 1938, and 1939 the visitors numbered 5845 and 7109, and for the 10 months, 35,698 and 41,031. The number of immigrants intending permanent residence for the 10 months was 6732, a substantial increase on the 1933 and 1939 figures of 3398 and 4690. On the other hand, permanent departures from New Zealand decreased to 2589 from 3177 and 3101 in the two preceding years. Permanent residents who departed temporarily in January were 273, against 1256 and 908, while for the 10 months they totalled 9256, compared with 12,710 and 14,430 in 1938 and 1939.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 60, Issue 133, 16 March 1940, Page 3
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