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Auckland saw occupancy rebound last week from the city’s first Covid-19 alert level lockdown of the year, according to figures from STR.

The value of building consents issued for hotels, motels and other short term accommodation in January 2021 was $9m, down 25% for the same month in 2019, according to Stats NZ.

Spending on international sea and air transportation services has risen steadily from the Covid-affected low in the June 2020 quarter, says Stats NZ.

Wellington appeared to bear the brunt of last week’s snap Auckland lowdown with occupancy at the capital dropping sharply, according to figures from STR.

Spending on accommodation in the December 2020 quarter fell to $967.91m, down 18% compared to the corresponding period a year earlier.

Hotels in regional New Zealand have done well over the recent holiday period while others in major centres experience “unsustainable revenue”, Horwath HTL says.

Queenstown managed to crawl off its 2021 low last week, according to figures from STR. 

Overseas visitor arrivals for the year to December 2020 fell to 996,350, down 74.4% from the 3.89 million recorded in 2019.

A Christmas bump saw Hawke’s Bay regional tourism organisation area top occupancy across all accommodation types in December, knocking Wellington from the top of the table.

Average weekly occupancy across most of the country’s hotel markets took a dip last week leading into the long Waitangi weekend, according to figures from STR.

The number of passengers travelling through Queenstown Airport decreased by 48% to 123,553 in January 2021, compared with the same month in 2020.

Wellington has made a solid start to 2021 with average weekly occupancy jumping from 43% in mid-January to 55% by the end of the month, according to figures from STR.

The value of building consents issued for hotels, motels and other short term accommodation in December 2020 was $14m, a drop from 81.5% for the same month in 2019, according to Stats NZ.

Air New Zealand passenger numbers fell to around 881,000 in December 2020, down 51.7% compared to the same month a year earlier.

Average weekly occupancy ticked up last week in the country’s major hotel markets, with growth led by Christchurch, according to figures from STR.

Auckland performed the best of the country’s major hotel markets over the Christmas and New Year’s break, according to figures from STR.

The latest results not only highlight Queenstown’s dependence on international travellers but also a widening gap in domestic air travel to the resort over the summer.

The value of building consents issued for hotels, motels and other short term accommodation in November 2020 was $125m.

Air New Zealand passenger numbers fell to around 881,000 in December 2020, down 51.7% compared to the same month a year earlier.

Overall average weekly occupancy across all of New Zealand has barely budged since the recovery from Auckland’s second lockdown at the end of August, according to figures from STR.

Average weekly occupancy in Queenstown has slid to its lowest point since the recovery from Auckland’s second Covid-19 alert level lockdown, according to figures from STR.

Auckland enjoyed the best October in the Asia Pacific in terms of RevPAR, according to CBRE, and its results appeared to be holding up but there was still no sign of a summer bump for the city, according to figures from STR.

The value of building consents issued for hotels, motels and other short term accommodation for October 2020 was $66m, down 4.5% on the same month last year, according to Stats NZ.

Spending by overseas visitors and students within New Zealand fell by half to $1.5bn in the September 2020 quarter, compared with the same period last year, says Stats NZ.

Arrivals for the four weeks to 1 November totalled 8100, down from 265,640 for the corresponding period last year.

While most of the major hotel markets remained static or slid last week, Wellington appeared to steal a march on summer with average weekly occupancy jumping, according to figures from STR.

Hotel occupancy across all of New Zealand remains stubbornly consistent, hovering around 56% for the past two months, according to figures from STR.

An all too brief boost over the September/October school holidays has given way to a general slide for the hard-hit resort, according to figures from STR.

Spending on travel agency and other tour arrangement services was down $128m, or 86%, compared to October 2019.

Despite the challenges, Northland saw visitor spend for the month jump 30% to $84m.

After a climb back to almost pre-Covid levels of occupancy by the end of September, Christchurch’s hotel market has been remarkably consistent over the past month, according to figures from STR.

Women’s jobs in the sector have suffered during the pandemic, according to the latest employment figures.

The value of building consents issued for hotels, motels and other short term accommodation for September 2020 was $44m, a decline of 45.7% for the same month last year, says Stats NZ.

The Wellington regional tourism organisation area topped occupancy across all accommodation types in September for the second month in a row, according to the latest Accommodation Data Programme figures.

Wellington’s hotels have climbed off their August low to be the country’s best performing market in terms of occupancy during October, according to figures from STR.

This compared with national growth of 3.4%, with all other regions seeing a rise in revenue including Northland up 10.7%, Canterbury up 7.1%, Wellingtonupt 5.4%, and Waikato up 3.7%.

Auckland was the only major hotel market to buck falls in average weekly occupancy, albeit only just, according to figures from STR.

Queenstown occupancy led the country’s major hotel markets down last week, despite it still being the second half of the school holidays, according to figures from STR.

Spending on hotels, motels, campgrounds, and other accommodation fell to $133.4m in September 2020, down 29% on the same month last year.

Overseas visitor arrivals were down 96.8% to 7800 in August 2020, compared with August 2019.

All of the country’s major hotel markets enjoyed a weekly increase in occupancy for the first week of the September school holidays, albeit only just for Auckland, according to figures from STR.

Visitor spending in the Hawke’s Bay topped any other region during August.

Most of the country’s major hotel markets saw a significant increase in domestic guest nights between July and September this year, compared to Q3 2019, according to Colliers International.

Foreign tourism is a hard void to fill, especially over summer, the bank says.

Wellington has seen a steady but consistent climb in occupancy since late August to report the highest average weekly rate last week, according to figures from STR.

Countries in the Asia Pacific region including New Zealand have all focused on domestic tourism campaigns to shore up the sector.

Holiday parks reported the only month-on-month growth with 358,700 guest nights, up 11.1% on August 2019.

While most of the country’s major hotel markets have seen a steady rise since Auckland came out of Covid-19 alert level 3 at the end of August, Christchurch has seen a significant increase in occupancy, according to figures from STR.

Ski destinations are leading the top 10 trending destinations ‘rediscovered’ by Kiwis, according to Booking.com. 

While guest nights will recover sooner, occupancy rates will remain suppressed.