New Zealand has a fantastic range of wildlife in their own natural environment. New Zealand tourism arrivals have increased by 61% since 1999 to 2.4 million.

 Forecast annual growth is 4% on average for at least the next five years

 Tourism is New Zealand’s single largest export sector and contributed $8.3billion dollars to the economy in the year ended March 2006. That is 19.2% of exports

 Domestic tourism contributes $10.3 billion to the economy each year

Tourism directly and indirectly employs 10 percent of the work force. That is one in 10 jobs in New Zealand!