Where do New Zealanders go? Well many go to Australia, especially to Queensland in the winter. Families go to Surfers Paradise in Queensland during school holidays. The beaches are beautiful and there are many family attractions like roller coaster rides. Families also go to Pacific Island countries like Fiji, especially in the winter. New Zealand migrant families with relatives back home travel to visit their relatives.

　　Retired people travel to many countries in Europe, North or South America, India or SE Asia. If they are fit and well, and have savings, this is the time in their life when they can enjoy visiting new places.

　　Vocabulary

　　statistics – data

　　put out – release information

　　figures – numbers

　　go overseas or go abroad. We say “overseas” but Europeans prefer “abroad”.

　　trip – a journey, travel

　　fit – energetic, in good health