The best performing visitor market of 2023 was India, followed by Fiji and the Philippines.
Auckland has had a good February with average weekly occupancy and ADR climbing to a summer high last week, according to figures from STR.
Visitor spend on the West Coast totalled $30.1m in January 2024, with $14.4m of that coming from international visitors.
The bank says the Chinese visitor market is flagging, leading to a more protracted recovery in New Zealand.
Air New Zealand carried close to 1.26 million passengers in January 2024, up 5% from the same month in 2023 but down 5.3% from pre-Covid January 2020.
The consultancy says it is only some regional markets that are seeing RevPAR that matches or exceeds the 21% CPI increase and 25% wage growth seen since the pandemic.
Average weekly occupancy across New Zealand has been hovering just above 70% since mid-January, according to figures from STR.
International visitor arrivals in December 2023 equated to 79.3% of that seen in the same month in pre-Covid 2019, according to the latest international travel data from Stats NZ.
Passenger numbers at Queenstown Airport have again exceeded pre-Covid by almost 5.8% in January.
Auckland Airport passenger movements, including transits, totalled 1.71 million in January 2024.
Electronic card spending in hospitality reached $1.33bn in January 2024, according to Stats NZ.
Airfares have fallen sharply with international rates down nearly a third compared to last year, according to Stats NZ.
Total guest nights last year have fallen just short of the pre-Covid peak, according to the latest ADP, with Queenstown leading the way.
The appetite for international travel has picked up but there are no evident trends in confidence, according to Tony Alexander’s first spending plans survey in January 2024.
Stats NZ disestablishes its Data Ventures arm, taking out a vital piece of regional insight for the country’s tourism sector.
Tourism and Hospitality Minister Matt Doocey says he shares the tourism sector’s disappointment over the suspension of the Monthly Regional Tourism Estimates.
The strong summer has seen Queenstown’s hotel market recover to pre-Covid levels, according to figures from STR.
The value of hotels, motels and short-term accommodation consented totalled $8m in December 2023, according to Stats NZ’s latest building data.
Consumer spending in the hospitality sector fell to $1.03bn over the holiday period in January 2023, down 1.4% compared to the same month in 2023, according to card spending data from Worldline.
Greenhouse gas emissions in the transport, postal and warehousing category have risen 3.7% in the September 2023 quarter, according to Stats NZ.
Activity across Wellington has been growing steadily since mid-January, according to figures from STR.
Tourism New Zealand is campaigning in the United States to entice more visitors to New Zealand amid what it calls a strong summer.
Air New Zealand carried almost 1.64 million passengers in December 2023, up 2.1% on the same month last year and a 90.1% recovery from 2019.
Air New Zealand facilitated an estimated $14.6bn in visitor expenditure in the year to June 2023, according to a new analysis.
The number of visitors from India is far exceeding that seen in pre-Covid 2019, with the United States the fastest recovering of the major markets.
Aotearoa beats Europe to the number one spot for Australians planning a cruise this year.
Visitor spend on the West Coast in 2023 topped pre-Covid 2019 by more than 14%, according to new figures from MarketView and Development West Coast.
Filled jobs in accommodation and food services have risen 5.1% in December 2023 compared with the same month the previous year, according to Stats NZ.
Christchurch was the best performing of the city markets in terms of occupancy.
The number of tourism businesses measuring their carbon footprint has grown by 12%, according to Tourism Industry Aotearoa.
Bookings to New Zealand across all of Flight Centre’s worldwide stores were up more than 65% in the last three months of 2023, according to the travel agent.
The 2023 World of WearableArts generated $30.3m in economic value to the Wellington region, according to a study commissioned by WellingtonNZ and conducted by Fresh Info.
December passenger numbers at Auckland Airport reached 1.7 million, an 89.5% recovery of almost 1.96 million seen during the same month in pre-Covid 2019.
International passenger movements at Queenstown Airport continued to exceed pre-Covid with 83,444 seen in December 2023, according to the airport’s latest figures.
The value of hotels, motels and short-term accommodation hit $47m in November 2023, according to Stats NZ’s latest building data.
There is significant room for recovery across Asia, with Chinese outbound and inbound tourism expected to accelerate.
The recovery in the Chinese visitor market gained momentum at the start of summer, with arrivals from that country topping both monthly and annual growth.
Average weekly hotel occupancy across New Zealand slid to 56% in mid-December, according to figures from STR, as the major metropolitan markets saw demand fall as expected before the Christmas break.
About 1 in 5 arrivals in New Zealand in November 2023 used the new digital New Zealand Traveller Declaration arrival card.
International prices fell in December compared to the same month in 2022, prompting a prediction of further reductions to come.
The Tourism Data Leadership Group is seeking ongoing support from the International Visitor Conservation and Tourism Levy and a new industry partnership fund to help improve data in the sector.
The country’s largest hotel market managed to pass the 90% daily occupancy mark in 2023 for the first time since the pandemic hit, according to figures from STR.
A user survey is being prepared for tourism stakeholders to help assess the Monthly Unique Regional Population Estimates.
The price of restaurant meals was more expensive in December 2023, compared to the same month last year.
Immigration New Zealand received 519,417 visitor visa applications in 2023 and has approved 81%, or 420,727, of them.
Monthly spending on hospitality increased 3.3%, or $45m, between December 2022 and December 2023, according to Stats NZ’s latest electronic card transaction data.
Business confidence is on the rise, according to the latest New Zealand Institute of Economic Research quarterly survey.
Guest nights in short-term commercial accommodation totalled 3.4 million in November 2023, according to the latest figures from the Accommodation Data Programme.
The result set a new bar for a major NZ hotel market and helped drive ADR across the country on New Year’s Eve to a national record.
Air travel demand in November 2023 topped 99% of 2019 levels, says the International Air Transport Association (IATA).
