24th January 2022 Data / Stats NZThere were 28,694 total border crossings in November 2021, with 4046 more departures than arrivals, according to provisional data from StatsNZ.
17th December 2021 Hotels / Stats NZThe value of building consents issued for hotels, motels and other short term accommodation for the month of October 2021 was $4m, a decline of 93.3% from the same month last year.
14th December 2021 Arrivals / Stats NZThere were 20,772 total border crossings in October 2021, with 1,268 more arrivals than departures, according to provisional data from StatsNZ.
13th December 2021 Spending / Stats NZElectronic card transaction spending for November 2021 in the hospitality sector dropped 20.8% to $845m compared to the same month in 2020.
16th November 2021 Arrivals / Stats NZDelta put the brakes on international travel in September.
11th November 2021 Spending / Stats NZTourism and hospitality spending in October 2021 fell sharply compared to the same month a year ago as the Delta outbreak took a toll on consumer expenditure.
2nd November 2021 Employment / Stats NZTens of thousands of tourism workers were let go and hundreds of businesses closed in the first year of the pandemic, according to new data from Stats NZ.
13th October 2021 Spend / Stats NZSpending in the hospitality industry fell by $425m in September 2021, or 42.8% compared with the same month in 2020.
12th October 2021 Arrivals / Stats NZThe number of people crossing New Zealand’s border dropped by around 75% in August 2021 compared to previous months, says Stats NZ.
13th September 2021 Arrivals / Stats NZVisitor arrivals from Australia coming for a holiday, VFR or business in July 2021 fell from the levels seen in June, while more Kiwis holidayed in the Cook Islands, according to Stats NZ.
16th August 2021 Stats NZVisitor arrivals from Australia coming for a holiday, VFR or business in June 2021 fell from the levels seen in May, according to Stats NZ.
15th July 2021 Arrivals / Stats NZNearly 7,000 more people departed New Zealand than arrived in May 2021, says Stats NZ.
14th July 2021 Conservation / Stats NZAir and space travel accounted for 60% of tourism-related emissions in 2019.
3rd June 2021 Stats NZIt’s official: a year after losing the number one spot, travel is no longer the number two export sector.
25th May 2021 Spending / Stats NZAccommodation spending for the year to March 2021 fell to $3.41bn, down 25.5% on the previous 12 month period, says Stats NZ.
12th May 2021 Spending / Stats NZFreedom to spend in 2021 versus lockdown life in 2020.
14th April 2021 Spending / Stats NZElectronic card transaction spending for March in the hospitality sector jumped 26.1% to $1.04bn compared to the same month in 2020, according to Stats NZ.
26th March 2021 Covid-19 / Stats NZThe two sectors most drastically affected by last year’s national Covid-19 alert level lockdown were accommodation and food, and arts and recreation, says Stats NZ.
16th March 2021 Arrivals / Stats NZThere’s been no surge of ex-pat Kiwis returning home due to the pandemic, says Stats NZ.
10th March 2021 Stats NZFalling flight passenger and air freight sales led to the largest industry sales fall in the December 2020 quarter, says Stats NZ.
12th February 2021 Accommodation / Stats NZCard sales for accommodation services were down $81m, or 29%, compared with January 2020.
1st February 2021 Employment / Stats NZAccommodation and food services saw the biggest fall in jobs in December 2020, compared to the same month a year earlier, says Stats NZ.
22nd January 2021 Arrivals / Stats NZOverseas visitor arrivals fell by 98.6%, or 367,000, to 5,100 in November 2020, compared with the same month a year earlier, says Stats NZ.
14th December 2020 Arrivals / Stats NZOverseas visitor arrivals were up by 700 to 8,600 in September 2020, compared with August 2020, says Stats NZ.
9th December 2020 Employment / Stats NZKey tourism destinations Queenstown, Rotorua, and Auckland suffered some of the largest drops in filled jobs, says Stats NZ.
6th August 2020 Employment / Stats NZWith the country in Covid-19 lockdown when the quarter began, fewer people who did not have a job were actively seeking work.
31st July 2020 Data / Stats NZThe value of building consents issued for hotels, motels and other short term accommodation for the month of June 2020 was $17m, a decline of 67.5% for the same month last year.
2nd July 2020 Arrivals / Stats NZJune arrivals have more than doubled on May as the number of returning Kiwis grows, according to provisional figures from Stats NZ.
4th June 2020 Spend / Stats NZDairy receipts have overtaken tourism spending as New Zealand’s top goods export in the March 2020 year, says Stats NZ.
29th May 2020 Jobs / Stats NZJob numbers fell by a record 37,500 in April 2020, as the effects of Covid-19 and restricted trading hit the economy, says Stats NZ.
