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Fans apply for over 600,000 RWC 2011 tickets
• 165,000 applications for ticket packs
• Eden Park Packs oversubscribed
• Fans to find out success by early July
Second Month of Growth Boosts Outlook for Summer
The Australian market is buoying visitor numbers to New Zealand as the industry starts to see some signs of recovery. Figures released today by Statistics New Zealand show visitor arrivals growing for a second consecutive month. Arrivals were up 7.7 per cent for the month of October, almost thirteen and a half thousand more visitors than the same month last year. Overall, for the year ended October, there have been one per cent fewer visitors than 2008.
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With two years to go until Rugby World Cup 2011 kicks off in New Zealand, confidence is high that the world's showpiece Rugby tournament will be a success, creating a lasting legacy both for New Zealand and the continued global development of Rugby.
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