FEWER TRAVEL

Dominion, Volume 24, Issue 239, 6 July 1931, Page 8

FEWER TRAVEL

Dominion Migration TOURISTS DECREASE • • Tn his monthly analysis of the migration figures the Government Statistician points out that arrivals in the Dominion during May were 45.7 per cent fewer than was the case at this .time last year. Of this decrease, Immigrants intending permanent residence were the principal cause, having fallen away by 64.2 per cent Tourists record a decrease of 40.9 per cent Departures, also, were considerably diminished, being in fact 38.4 per cent, less than in May, 1930. For the full period of five months migration has been particularly slack this year. A comparison with a similar period of 1930 shows that the total of arrivals was 3967, or 29.8 per cent, less this year, while departures decreased by 4788, or 28.9 per cent. A further analysis of the figures of arrivals shows that immigrants intending permanent residence decreased by 832, or 30.7 per cent., and tourists by 1503, or 36.1 per cent. New Zealand residents departing permanently were fewer by 210, or 15.2 per cent. For the period of five mouths ended May, 1931. the excess of departures over arrivals was 2444, and this compares with 326 a for a similar period of last year.