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The Government’s travel ban from China, which started on Monday 3 February, as well as the later starting of Chinese New Year in 2019, combined to push most markets down last week, compared to the same period last year, according to figures from STR.

Auckland Airport passenger numbers were down 1.3% in December 2019.

Growth from Australia and the United States more than offset the falling Chinese market in 2019, according to Stats NZ.

The Wellington region saw the biggest increase in visitor spending in 2019, according to the latest Monthly Regional Tourism Estimates.

It was the first time arrivals to New Zealand had passed the 7 million mark, said Biosecurity New Zealand.

Queenstown’s hotel sector last week fared significantly worse than the same period a year earlier, according to figures from STR, probably due to a combination of coronavirus cancellations and the later starting of Chinese New Year in 2019.

The strong growth in the North American market has been highlighted in the latest Quarterly Tourism Report, with spending by visitors from the United States increasing to $1.42bn in the year to September 2019, up 15% on the previous period.

The territories provide a potential focus for NZ tourism as it grapples with coronavirus.

A positive week across New Zealand for the seven days to Saturday 1 February but there are signs the effects of the coronavirus outbreak are being felt in the country’s hotel sector, according to figures from STR.

The number of consents for hotels, motels and other short-term accommodation grew by 18% to reach 543 for the year to December 2019, compared with the same period the previous year.

The Destination Wairarapa area saw strong growth in visitor spending despite a damp Toast Martinborough.

Double-digit dips in both occupancy and RevPAR added to a relatively subdued summer for Wellington, according to figures from STR.

Air New Zealand carried 1.824 million passengers in December 2019, up 3.2% on the same month last year.

Nine out of ten of NZ’s major source markets reported a fall in month-on-month visitor arrivals.

Queenstown reported rare weekly growth this summer across all three metrics with RevPAR leading the way, according to figures from STR.

International visitor arrivals fell 3% to 476,350 in the four weeks to 29 December 2019, compared to the same period a year earlier.

International and domestic visitor growth, a weak NZ dollar and strong economy will help drive occupancy, says the agent.

Hospitality spend grew by 1.8% to $59m in the last quarter of 2019, according to StatsNZ.

A positive Xmas and New Year period has led into a relatively decent start to 2020 for Auckland’s hotel market, in sharp contrast to the country’s other major visitor destinations, according to figures from STR.

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The number of consents for hotels, motels and other short-term accommodation grew by 20.7% to reach 519 for year to November 2019, compared to the same period last year.

Growth in national occupancy levels in New Zealand hotels was flat for 2019 bringing to an end the ‘spectacular’ increases seen in previous years, says TIA.

Wellington’s hotel market has tracked below 2018’s results since the spring and that trend looks set to continue into the new year, according to figures from STR.

Growth has been dragged down by the downturn in visitors from Asia, says Stats NZ.

Another solid week for Auckland’s hotel market has helped drive growth in all three metrics in a rare, positive week across all of New Zealand, according to STR.

Tourists spend in New Zealand continues to climb, topping $40bn in the year to March 2019, although the pace of growth has halved from a year earlier.

The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment is calling for registrations of interest for two of its tourism spending datasets.

A decent spring has turned into a slow start to summer for Christchurch’s hotel market marked by the opening last week of Novotel Christchurch Airport, according to STR.

Building consents for new hotels, motels and other short-term accommodation including alterations or additions grew to 533 for the year to October 2019, up 29% on the previous 12 months.

The 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.

International visitors from the United States led spending growth in the year to September 2019, jumping 15% on the previous 12 months, according to the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment.

Industry is pinning its hopes on a new International Visitor Survey contract to help overcome problems that have plagued one of the government’s most important tourism datasets.

Visitor arrival numbers to New Zealand for the four weeks to October 27 grew by 0.6% to 254,930 compared to the corresponding period last year, according to provisional travel data from Stats NZ.

Wellington and Dunedin have painted contrasting tourism pictures for industry, according to each regions’ latest Quarterly Economic Monitor released by Infometrics.

A sluggish start to spring looks set to carry through to the end of the season for Queenstown’s hotel market, according to STR.

Wellington, Rotorua and Queenstown hotel markets are delivering close to record revenue, says the agency.

Domestic guest nights in New Zealand continue to rise while international figures are falling, according to the September 2019 Accommodation Survey released today by Statistics NZ.

Auckland and Christchurch saw results creep into double figures last week with the latter gateway leading the way, according to STR.

Industry will have to wait months for a new survey as government insight into New Zealand’s accommodation sector goes dark.

The Government has published a documentation of its tourism minister Kelvin Davis’ Data Hui event held in Wellington on October 17.

International visitor arrivals increased to 261,770 in September 2019, up 1.4% on the same month last year, according to the latest travel figures from Stats NZ.

Airbnb guests are expected to spend $343m in NZ restaurants and cafes in 2019, according to the home-sharing platform.

After a relatively good winter, Wellington’s hotel sector seems to have taken a hit in occupancy during spring with results generally tracking signficantly below last year, according to STR.

Auckland and Queenstown are the top ranked New Zealand destinations for international travellers, Mastercard’s annual Asia Pacific Destinations Index has revealed.

Visit Whanganui and Tourism Bay of Plenty shared first place in the latest Monthly Regional Tourism Estimates, both posting spending growth of 10% in September.

While Christchurch occupancy might be lagging last year, the average daily rate in the city’s hotel market has tracked consistently higher than last spring, according to STR.

With occupancy tracking consistently above last year’s results since the start of spring, Auckland even enjoyed a little growth in ADR and RevPAR last week, according to STR.

A rare positive week for all three metrics across all of New Zealand compared to last year, albeit only just, according to STR.

Around 80 tourism industry leaders and stakeholders are in Wellington today for the government’s Information and Data Hui.

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