3rd July 2020 Data / SpendDomestic tourism spend rebounded to $827m in May 2020, up from $177m in April, according to the latest Monthly Regional Tourism Estimates.
12th June 2020 Hotels / SpendSpending on eating out and on hotels, motels, and other accommodation fell 41%, or $428m, in May, according to new figures from Stats NZ.
5th June 2020 Data / SpendHalf of the country’s RTO areas suffered visitor spending falls of 90% or more in April 2020, the first full month of lockdown.
4th June 2020 Data / SpendTotal spend for the March 2020 year increased 2% to $11.47bn.
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.
19th May 2020 Data / SpendKiwis holidaying at home could inject billions into NZ tourism – which region will benefit the most?
12th May 2020 Data / SpendTravel agency and tour arrangement services spending fell to negative numbers for the first time since Stats NZ began collecting the data, says the department.
11th May 2020 Data / SpendTourism spend fell across the board in March as travel was reduced to a trickle when New Zealand transitioned to a level 4 lockdown on 26 March, according to the latest Monthly Regional Tourism Estimates.
14th April 2020 Data / SpendCard spending on travel agency and tour services has nosedived to the biggest fall on record.
7th April 2020 Covid-19 / SpendHospitality and accommodation in Christchurch was hardest hit with an 82% decline in spending in the week ended March 29 compared with the same week a year ago.
6th March 2020 Data / SpendThe Mackenzie Region led a total of seven Regional Tourism Organisations that posted double-digit spending growth in January, according to the latest Monthly Regional Tourism Estimates.
4th March 2020 Data / SpendSpending with China-issued credit cards was down 39.3% in February from a year earlier, says Paymark.
4th March 2020 Data / SpendNew Zealanders are spending more on accommodation overseas, according to Statistics NZ.
27th February 2020 Data / SpendThe Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment has delayed the release of January’s Monthly Regional Tourism Estimates.
24th February 2020 Data / SpendChristchurch saw an overall spending increase of 2% for January to $454m, according to MarketView.
14th February 2020 Data / SpendThe Wellington region saw the biggest increase in visitor spending in 2019, according to the latest Monthly Regional Tourism Estimates.
31st January 2020 Data / MRTEs / SpendThe Destination Wairarapa area saw strong growth in visitor spending despite a damp Toast Martinborough.
17th January 2020 Data / SpendHospitality spend grew by 1.8% to $59m in the last quarter of 2019, according to StatsNZ.
6th December 2019 Data / SpendThe Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment is calling for registrations of interest for two of its tourism spending datasets.
28th November 2019 Data / SpendThe Tourism Bay of Plenty and Visit Whanganui areas led month-on-month spending growth for September 2019, according to the latest Monthly Regional Tourism Estimates.
11th November 2019 Data / SpendAirbnb guests are expected to spend $343m in NZ restaurants and cafes in 2019, according to the home-sharing platform.
6th November 2019 Data / Mastercard / SpendAuckland and Queenstown are the top ranked New Zealand destinations for international travellers, Mastercard’s annual Asia Pacific Destinations Index has revealed.
1st November 2019 Data / SpendVisit Whanganui and Tourism Bay of Plenty shared first place in the latest Monthly Regional Tourism Estimates, both posting spending growth of 10% in September.
30th September 2019 Data / SpendWinter visitor spending in Hawke’s Bay for the June to August period reached a record $127m, up 7% on the same period last year, according to the latest Monthly Regional Tourism Estimates.
27th September 2019 Data / SpendSome of the country’s leading snow destinations suffered spending slowdowns for the second month in a row.
29th August 2019 Data / Ski Fields / SpendVisitor spending in some of NZ’s snow regions fell sharply after unusually mild weather.
29th July 2019 Data / SpendJune spending by visitors to Hawke’s Bay grew at double the national average, according to the latest Monthly Regional Tourism Estimates.
26th July 2019 Data / MRTEs / SpendTourism Bay of Plenty led month-on-month visitor spending growth for regional tourism organisations in June 2019, increasing 13% on the same month last year to reach $77m, according to the latest Monthly Regional Tourism Estimates.
28th June 2019 MRTEs / SpendMonthly tourism spend growth has slowed across the country with the top ranking Regional Tourism Organisation delivering 18% growth in May, down from a top figure of 26% last month, and more RTO’s delivering no or negative growth.
4th June 2019 MRTEs / SpendThe two RTO areas saw strong visitor spend for the month of April, according to MBIE’s latest data.
23rd May 2019 Accommodation / SpendSpend on accommodation fell 4.7% in the three months to March 2019, offsetting overall retail spend growth in the summer quarter according to Stats NZ.
13th May 2019 Data / SpendSpending on credit and debit cards rebounded in April as people took advantage of the extended holiday period to travel and eat out more, however, rising petrol prices look set to erode future core spending.
8th May 2019 RTO / SpendVisitor spend in the Hamilton & Waikato region topped the $1.5bn mark in the last calendar year, with the region also securing a 10.4% market share of the lucrative conventions, meetings and business events market, according to an update to Hamilton City Council.
24th April 2019 Data / Guest Nights / SpendTourism in the Manawatū region remains strong despite a sharp drop in international guest nights in February, according to the region’s economists who point to rising spend and strong domestic demand.
29th March 2019 Data / SpendHalf of the country’s RTOs showed either zero growth or falls in visitor spending for the month of February 2019, according to the latest Monthly Regional Tourism Estimates.
1st March 2019 Data / MRTEs / SpendMore than a third of RTOs across NZ showed flat visitor spending growth or worse in January.
21st February 2019 IVS / SpendInternational visitor spend grew to $11.16bn last year despite falling or flat growth from most of NZ’s major markets.
20th February 2019 Spend / TNZThe call comes as the proportion of tourist spending on activities drops.
15th February 2019 Data / SpendMore than half of the country’s RTO regions saw visitor spending fall or zero growth in December compared to the same month in 2017, according to the Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment.
31st January 2019 Data / SpendDestination Wairarapa topped the table of regional tourism organisation visitor spend growth for November 2018 with a 16% uplift to $16m compared with the same month last year.
11th December 2018 Data / MRTEs / SpendWellington has seen visitor spending figures for October drop after a revision was undertaken by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment.
7th December 2018 Data / Spend / TSAStrong domestic demand and growth in international visitor numbers are behind the increase, says Stats NZ.
29th November 2018 Data / MRTEs / SpendThe country’s newest regional tourism organisation, Aoraki Tourism, topped visitor spending growth for October 2018 compared to the same month last year, excluding Destination Kaikoura’s recovery-skewed returned.
29th October 2018 Perspectives / SpendMarketview’s analysis of tourist spending is not comfortable reading for those trying to drive the industry up the value curve.
29th October 2018 Data / SpendDestination Kaikoura continues to report strong visitor spend growth in the wake of November 2016’s earthquake with spend captured by the RTO up 63% to $6m for September compared to the same month last year.
3rd September 2018 Perspectives / SpendTourists spend more on average per day in NZ, says TNZ’s CEO.
3rd September 2018 Australia / Data / SpendTourism New Zealand’s Insights team took a close look at figures recently published by the United Nations World Tourism Organization.
3rd September 2018 Data / MRTEs / SpendThe region continued to lead visitor spending with yearly growth to July up 17% to $160m.
27th July 2018 Data / SpendRegional spend grew over the year to June despite a drop in international expenditure, says MBIE.
29th June 2018 Data / SpendThe Nelson Regional Development Agency reported a 38% increase in international tourism spend in May reaching $42m compared to the same month last year.
