http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1307/S00736.htm Visitors from the US outnumber those from the UK Friday, 19 July 2013, 11:07 am Press Release: Statistics New Zealand Visitors from the US outnumber those from the UK – Media release 19 July 2013 The United States overtook the United Kingdom to become New Zealand's third-largest source of visitors in the June 2013 year, Statistics New Zealand said today. "US and UK visitor numbers are both below the peaks seen in 2006, before the global economic downturn, but UK numbers have dropped much further," population statistics manager Andrea Blackburn said. "And a partial recovery in visitor numbers from the US over the last year means it now provides more visitors than any country besides Australia and China." [....]