Rising costs are prompting price revisions with little room to manoeuvre in a recovering market for ITOs and suppliers.
Consumer spending in hospitality over the week leading up to Easter Monday reached $202.8m, bucking a 23% downward trend over the last eight months.
New Zealand’s cycle trails and cycle tourism are driving economic activity, according to two reports released by Tourism Minister Stuart Nash.
Card spending in hospitality fell to $891m in March 2022, down by 14.3% or $149m compared to the same month last year, according to Stats NZ.
Kiwis are planning to spend more on both domestic and international tourism in the 3-6 months ahead.
Spending in the hospitality sector increased steadily during March reaching almost $700m, according to new data by Worldline.
Plans to spend on domestic tourism and hospo have collapsed but international travel is on the rise.
Despite tourism spend up 16% the city’s events, hospitality and retail sectors still face challenges.
The region topped both annual and monthly visitor spend growth in January.
The International Visitors Survey is expected to restart again in July this year, says the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment.
Auckland Unlimited has suspended key parts of the city’s voucher scheme designed to stimulate spending.
Regional tourism organisation areas around the country put in a mixed performance in December versus a year earlier.
Central Otago has come out on top of the list of 31 regions recording growth in total visitor spend for 2021, says Tourism Central Otago.
People have gone into their shells “like never before during the pandemic” with a possible wave of business failures to come.
Regional tourism organisation areas in the wider Otago region continued to put in a better performance for domestic spending in November 2021 versus the same month a year earlier.
Spending in the Taupō district jumped over the Christmas/New Year period, peaking at $17.5m in the week ending 3 January, an increase of 11.2% on the same period the previous year.
Stats NZ’s latest Tourism satellite account shows the devastating effect the pandemic has had on tourism, says Tourism Industry Aotearoa.
Electronic card transaction spending for November 2021 in the hospitality sector dropped 20.8% to $845m compared to the same month in 2020.
New Zealanders are looking to spend their lockdown savings on experiences over products this summer, according to research commissioned by Mastercard.
Otago regional tourism organisation areas have topped October 2021 domestic spending growth versus the same month a year ago
The introduction of Alert Level 3 Step 2 in Auckland helped lift card spending in the region.
Tourism 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.
Almost all regional tourism organisation areas around the country saw weaker monthly domestic spending in September 2021 than a year.
Stormy weather and the short-term closure of the Queen Charlotte Track impacted September spending in Marlborough.
WellingtonNZ says it has seen a significant return on its advertising spend with the impact of its Love Local campaign a highlight.
The number of people planning to spend more on a domestic holiday in the next three to six months over the key summer period remains steady at 20% in October, according to former Bank of New Zealand chief economist Tony Alexander.
All regional tourism organisations around the country with the exception of Auckland experienced weaker domestic spending than a year ago, according to data from the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment.
Card spending across the country rebounded to just 5% below pre-lockdown levels in the week to Tuesday 28 September – the first full week of Covid-19 alert level 3 for Auckland.
Consumer card spending is bouncing back to near pre-lockdown levels, according to a new Bank of New Zealand survey.
Domestic tourism picked up a decent chunk but it wasn’t the top category, according to a new survey.
Spending in the hospitality industry fell $235m to $646m, down 26.7% in August 2021 compared to the same month last year, according to Stats NZ.
The proportion of people who want to spend more on an upcoming holiday has dropped.
Northland business leaders are encouraging locals to spend more in the region given that it may take time for Aucklanders to return.
Travel services exports including international visitors and students in New Zealand returned $1.26bn in the June 2021 quarter.
More areas saw visitor spend fall in July compared to the same month a year ago.
The industries are being hammered again by lockdown but food and IT are surging.
Stats NZ says it is moving away from using electronic card transaction data to estimate foreign visitor expenditure.
Domestic visitor spend across the Wellington region has climbed to $1.06bn for the year ending June 2021, a 23.4% increase on the previous 12 months.
All regional tourism organisation areas around the country except for Mackenzie saw stronger domestic spending in June 2021 compared with the same month a year ago.
Social media spend is the biggest component in a year when the agency marketed mainly at home.
Australian spend quadrupled in Queenstown and more than doubled in Auckland and Christchurch from April to May.
Hamilton & Waikato Tourism chief executive Jason Dawson says more hotels would be key to boost the events economic impact.
More household spending on entertainment closer to home cited.
All regional tourism organisations around the country saw stronger domestic spending in April 2021.
It’s official: a year after losing the number one spot, travel is no longer the number two export sector.
Tourism may have to aim for ‘high quality’ over ‘high value’ to address challenges.
Accommodation spending for the year to March 2021 fell to $3.41bn, down 25.5% on the previous 12 month period, says Stats NZ.
Success in Hawkes Bay comes despite cancellation of main tourism event of year.
Freedom to spend in 2021 versus lockdown life in 2020.
The north Canterbury region has enjoyed a surge in an already strong domestic market.
