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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.

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

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

Employment in tourism-related industries tops 275k, comprising nearly 10% of the workforce.

Accommodation and food services led job growth in June 2023, according to Stats NZ.

Electronic card spending in hospitality reached $1.18bn during June 2023, according to the latest data from Stats NZ.

International visitor arrivals to New Zealand in May 2023 recovered to 73% of the same month in pre-Covid 2019, according to the latest travel figures from Stats NZ.

One year after New Zealand’s borders started opening, the country’s major source markets have seen substantial increases in arrivals and are closing in on pre-Covid levels.

The hospitality sector has led an increase in the number of filled jobs for the March 2023 quarter, according to Stats NZ.

Actual retail sales volumes in accommodation reached close to $898.2m in March 2023 quarter, a 19% jump since the same quarter last year and closing in on the $953.1m spent in pre-Covid 2019, according to Stats NZ.

Visitor numbers from China are expected to pick up over winter, with good growth to be seen by summer.

International visitor arrivals in March are just shy of an 80% recovery compared to pre-Covid 2019, according to data from Stats NZ.

The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 3.4% in the March 2023 quarter, unchanged from the last quarter, according to figures released by Stats NZ.

New Zealand employees are seeking more flexibility in their hours and location of work, according to a survey from Stats NZ.

International visitor arrivals in January 2023 recovered to almost 65% of that seen in the same month in pre-Covid 2020, according to the latest travel figures from Stats NZ.

The total sales of accommodation and food services reached $5.26bn in the December 2022 quarter, according to Stats NZ’s latest business employment data.

Retail sales volumes in the accommodation services sector rose to $828.3m in the December 2022 quarter, up 28.2% from the $645.9m during the same period in 2021 and just 5.8% down on pre-Covid 2019, according to Stats NZ.

That equates to 36.7% of the 3.89 million seen in the pre-Covid peak year of 2019.

Electronic card transactions in hospitality for January have risen $187m, or 16.6%, compared to the same month last year.

The unemployment rate rose ever slightly to 3.4% in the December quarter, according to the latest figures from Stats NZ.

Overseas visitor arrivals in November 2022 reached 62% of the same month in pre-Covid 2019, according to Stats NZ’s latest travel data.

Overseas visitor arrivals were 161,631 in the October 2022 month, a 4283% increase compared to the same month last year – when the borders were closed – and recovering to 57% of pre-Covid 2019 figures of 283,834, according to Stats NZ.

Average hourly wages have grown to $37.86 – a 7.4% increase during the September quarter and outpacing 7.2% inflation, according to Stats NZ.

The rate of sea level rise has rapidly increased in recent decades and will continue to do so due to the effects of climate change, according to Stats NZ.

Total border crossings into NZ grow again in August with the opening to non-visa waiver countries.

Actual spending in the hospitality industry reached $1.15bn in August 2022, up 78.2% from $646m the same month last year, according to Stats NZ.

Border crossings have continued along a steady increase in June as numbers hit the highest they had ever been since March 2020.

Electronic card spending in the hospitality industry reached $1.9bn during July, up from almost $1.1bn the previous month.

Arrivals into New Zealand are growing fast as international travel resumes and the border fully reopens, according to Stats NZ’s latest border arrivals data.

Overseas visitor arrivals rose to 72,800 in May 2022, up 378% compared with the same month last year, according to Stats NZ’s latest travel figures.

Electronic card spending in the hospitality industry fell $6.0m between June 2021 and June 2022, a 0.6% decrease, according to data from Statistics New Zealand.

The revised questionnaire includes a stronger focus on sustainability, new information needs due to COVID-19, and meeting new expenditure data requirements by Stats NZ.

The number of jobs filled in the accommodation and food services industry was down 1.1% between December 2021 and March 2022, with only 1,579 jobs filled, says Stats NZ.

Travel exports, or international visitor spend, was just over $1bn in the March 2022 quarter, about the same as the previous corresponding period, according to Stats NZ.

The most significant reduction in emissions was in air and space transport.

Delaying the border easing from January to February saw arrivals, especially from Australia, drop.

But it is still far short of the 11,000 or so daily arrivals seen pre-Covid.

There were 28,694 total border crossings in November 2021, with 4046 more departures than arrivals, according to provisional data from StatsNZ.

The 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.

There were 20,772 total border crossings in October 2021, with 1,268 more arrivals than departures, according to provisional data from StatsNZ.

Electronic card transaction spending for November 2021 in the hospitality sector dropped 20.8% to $845m compared to the same month in 2020.

However, domestic tourism expenditure increased over that year to $24.6bn.

Tens 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.

Visitor 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.

Visitor arrivals from Australia coming for a holiday, VFR or business in June 2021 fell from the levels seen in May, according to Stats NZ.

Nearly 7,000 more people departed New Zealand than arrived in May 2021, says Stats NZ.

Air and space travel accounted for 60% of tourism-related emissions in 2019.

Drop in export of services due to the impact of closed border on international tourism and education.

More tourism experts have pushed out the prospects of a full recovery until 2024 at the earliest.

Accommodation spending for the year to March 2021 fell to $3.41bn, down 25.5% on the previous 12 month period, says Stats NZ.