Long haul visitor arrival numbers continue to fall in New Zealand as the impact of recession still dominate most countries. New Zealand’s early reported cases of Swine flu has also had a major impact on Asian arrivals. May arrivals statistics show visitors from China fell 33 per cent while the important Japanese market decreased by more that 40 percent. The Australian arrival numbers however continue to grow with the one million annual visitor number now having been achieved for the first time. The increase in Australian visitors is mainly due to a dramatic increase in transtasman flight capacities that has created low fares.