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Growth in restaurants and hospitality businesses across the country are being tempered by higher costs, according to the Restaurant Association.

Around 13,000 international anglers are expected during the fishing season, according to Fish & Game New Zealand.

New Zealand’s hotels have seen a good start to spring with average weekly occupancy across the country rising from 62% for the first week in September to over 70% last week.

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Business confidence in New Zealand’s holiday parks sector is on the rise again, with 72% currently feeling optimistic about the market right now.

The number of tourism-related filled jobs jumped significantly in August 2023 compared to the same month last year, according to Stats NZ’s latest employment indicators.

US visitor spend in particular has surged, jumping by 146% in August compared to the same month in 2019.

More than 80% of NZers are changing their plans to cope with increasing living costs.

Hospitality and tourism job advertisements jumped 20% in August 2023 compared with the previous month, according to SEEK’s latest Employment Report.

Confidence within the Canterbury business sector has fallen due to uncertainty around inflation, interest rates, and demand but those in tourism-related sectors are more positive.

Work has been completed on the development of a new sustainability measurement for tourism.

Christchurch occupancy has been sliding steadily since mid-August, with little in the way of major events to give the city a boost.

Data can help determine the economic value of multi-day conferences but there is still a large knowledge gap around what delegates do and how they spend beyond the events they attend.

International tourism has continued its strong recovery from the pandemic with arrival numbers reaching 84% of pre-pandemic levels between January and July 2023.

About 15,000 travellers are expected to depart from Auckland Airport’s international terminal on Saturday 23 September, the first day of the school holidays, making it the busiest day of the school holiday period. 

The Tourism Data Leadership Group’s four key initiatives to help fill significant insight gaps in the sector.

Decent spring snow, the FIFA Women’s World Cup, and the growing business events sector combined to give New Zealand’s hotels a lift in August 2023, according to Horwath HTL.

Total passenger numbers at Queenstown Airport in August 2023 recovered to almost 96.3% of the same month in pre-Covid 2019.

The Snow Machine music event and the Winter Games have helped lift hotel occupancy to a 2023 high across Queenstown, according to figures from STR.

Passenger volumes at Auckland Airport during August reached 84% of their pre-pandemic equivalent during the same month in 2018.

Overseas visitors to Hamilton spent $13m in the city in the June 2023 quarter, up $5.6m on the same time last year, according to the city’s council.

Tough economic conditions are not deterring travel, but fewer in the UK and Germany are considering NZ.

Air New Zealand says it carried about 1.32 million passengers in July 2023, up 7.4% on the same month in 2022.

The agency’s Asia GM says NZ’s appeal is “very, very high” in key markets across the region.

Overseas visitor numbers from the United States to New Zealand in July have outpaced even pre-Covid 2019, possibly due to the FIFA Women’s World Cup, according to Stats NZ.

High interest rates and the growing cost of living have turned sentiment negative for both domestic and international travel spend, according to Tony Alexander’s latest spending plans survey.

While Wellington enjoyed a sharp jump in occupancy and ADR during the early stages of the FIFA Women’s World Cup in late July, those metrics have been sliding since, according to figures from STR.

The FIFA Women’s World Cup boosted visitor arrivals and spending from the US market, according to accommodation and card spending data from the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment.

Employment in the accommodation and food services sector in the June Quarter rose 2.5% compared to the previous, with 3,758 jobs filled, according to Stats NZ.

International visitors spent $538m on accommodation in the June 2023 quarter – the single largest category spend.

Hotel occupancy across the city has been falling since late July but is still much better than last year.

Around 7% of all Māori businesses are involved in tourism, according to Stats NZ.

International visitor arrivals will reach close to 3.9 million in the year to June 2025, says the association’s latest forecast.

The World Travel & Tourism Council expects investment in global travel and tourism to reach nearly $1tr in 2023.

Accommodation and food services jobs rose by 12,310 jobs in July 2023, up 8.4% on the same month last year, according to Stats NZ’s latest employment indicators figures.

Queenstown’s hotels are finishing the winter months on a new high, according to figures from STR.

The Nelson Tasman tourism sector is seeing increases in visitor expenditure and guests nights, although growth remains tempered.

Low tourism numbers, expensive flights, rising interest rates and other costs are contributing to a sluggish tourism recovery, according to respondents in a survey by former Bank of New Zealand chief economist Tony Alexander.

Its $25k from the govt fund will go towards connecting tourism and goods exporters.

The industry is seeing a strong recovery with passenger numbers this season expected to exceed the 2018-19 record.

Average weekly occupancy across New Zealand’s hotels started to slide in August from a late-July high, according to figures from STR.

International passenger movements at Queenstown Airport rose to 85,813 in July 2023, up 28% compared with the same month in 2022.

The FIFA Women’s World Cup has given the country’s major hotels a mid-winter lift with revenue per available room exceeding pre-Covid levels, according to Horwath HTL.

Visitor spend in the West Coast’s Westland District increased by 96% over the year to the June 2023 quarter – the strongest growth of any region, according to Development West Coast.

The median weekly earnings from wages and salaries has jumped 7.1% over the last year, rising to $1,273.

Overseas visitor arrivals rose to 178,400 in the June 2023 month, more than double the 83,800 recorded for the same month last year.

Despite not hosting any FIFA Women’s World Cup matches, Christchurch’s hotels still appear to benefiting, according to figures from STR.

Asia Pacific airlines saw a 128.1% increase in traffic in June 2023 compared with the same month last year, according to the International Air Transport Association.

Spending in the hospitality industry totalled $1.26bn in July 2023, up 6.3% on the same month last year, according to Stats NZ’s latest electronic card transactions data.

Kiwis are feeling more positive about spending on domestic travel in the next three to six months in the strongest result since October, according to Tony Alexander’s latest spending plans survey.