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The occupancy rate in Auckland for the week ending Saturday 15 June showed growth for the first time in more than a month but both ADR and RevPAR for the city continued to struggle, according to the latest data from STR.

However, the Christchurch terror attack does not appear to have affected tourism, says the report.

Passenger movements at Queenstown Airport in May increased by 5% to 148,400, compared to the same month last year.

Australian passenger movements at Auckland Airport increased by 16.7% to 76,500 in April, compared to the same month last year.

International holiday arrival numbers in four of NZ’s top six visitor markets are falling

Milford Sound visitor numbers grew 2.14% to 882,296 in the year to March 2019, according to Milford Sound Tourism.

Domestic visitors on Easter holiday helped drive April commercial guest nights up 5.1% to 3.6 million compared to the same month last year, according to Stats NZ.

Queenstown’s hotel sector received a winter lift in occupancy, ADR and RevPar for the week ending Saturday 8 June, according to the latest data from STR.

International visitor arrivals to New Zealand in April 2019 grew by 8.3% to 307,409, compared to the same month last year, according to Stats NZ.

The ministry outlines the major gaps it wants filled in a new, improved accommodation survey.

Experimental government research that has unveiled the value of New Zealand’s peer-to-peer accommodation sector has been welcomed as “helpful”, but will have restricted value without a full set of critical tourism data, according to Chris Roberts.

An experimental study puts a value on the activity dominated by providers like Airbnb, Bookabach and Bachcare.

The canning of the Accommodation Survey is another sign of the govt’s tourism data offering being reshaped, writes the Ticker’s Paul Yandall.

Tourism minister Kelvin Davis has called a meeting with industry stakeholders to address the future of crucial tourism data following the demise of the monthly commercial accommodation survey.

Wellington’s hotel sector reported a strong increase in RevPAR, a good bump in ADR and solid growth in occupancy for the week ending Saturday 1 June, according to the latest data from STR.

Could a new dataset using cellphone tracking help inform an enhanced accommodation survey?

Stats NZ is pulling its monthly survey of hotels, motels, backpackers and holiday parks.

NZ’s $558m business events sector showed an increase in events, delegates and delegate days for the year to March.

In its final Business Events Delegate Survey, the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment has uncovered an error in historical delegate number totals which meant local and domestic delegate numbers have been over-represented in past reports.

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Most of the country’s major markets reported falls or low growth over the March year.

UK, Australian visitors surge as Easter and school holidays push growth into double figures.

Queenstown’s hotel sector reported significant double-digit falls in both occupancy and and revenue per available room for the week ending Saturday 11 May.

Strong growth in spending has outstripped the increase in visitor arrivals.

Foreign tourists will likely provide less economic support in the future, says the bank.

Annual guest nights rose just 0.6% year-on-year in the 12 months ended March 2019 – the smallest annual increase since 2013, according to Stats NZ’s latest commercial accommodation survey.

Visitor arrivals in March 2019 were 378,300, down 2.6% on the same month last year, accorind to Stats NZ.

Spending on credit and debit cards rebounded in April as people took advantage of the extended holiday period to travel and eat out more, however, rising petrol prices look set to erode future core spending.

The tourism industry’s social licence to operate continues to come under pressure particularly in destinations at the forefront of New Zealand’s sustained visitor boom, according to the latest Mood of the Nation survey.

Christchurch’s hotel sector reported significant double-digit falls in the three key performance metrics of occupancy, average daily rate, and revenue per available room during the week of 21-27 April, according to data from STR.

International passenger movements at Queenstown Airport for the month of March 2019 rose to 55,011, up 11% compared to the same month last year.

Auckland’s hotel sector reported double-figure falls in the three key performance metrics – occupancy, average daily rate, and revenue per available room – during the week of 14 – 20 April, according to data from STR.

March looks set to follow February with yet another drop in international visitor arrival numbers, according to provisional figures from Stats NZ.

The NZ hotel industry reported year-on-year falls in the hotel sector’s three key performance metrics – occupancy, average daily rate, and revenue per available room – during the week of 7-13 April 2019, according to data from STR.

Tourism in the Manawatū region remains strong despite a sharp drop in international guest nights in February, according to the region’s economists who point to rising spend and strong domestic demand.

However, guest nights spent by Kiwis in commercial accommodation increased for the month, says StatsNZ.

Holiday arrivals to New Zealand over its three summer months dipped slightly compared to the same period a year ago.

China arrivals to New Zealand during the Chinese New Year Holiday period fell 9% on last year’s record level, according to an analysis by Tourism Industry Aotearoa.

Half of the country’s RTOs showed either zero growth or falls in visitor spending for the month of February 2019, according to the latest Monthly Regional Tourism Estimates.

International passengers through Auckland Auckland Airport, excluding transit, rose to a record 1,068,922 in January – some 4.4% up on the same month last year – on the back of growing Asia and America capacity.

Enterprise Dunedin’s new economic data dashboard gives insight into the city’s tourism sector.

All visitor arrivals to New Zealand shows solid growth, but holiday arrivals slow to 2.2%

Total guest nights across New Zealand fell flat in January 2019 compared to the same month last year, according to Stats NZ’s latest commercial accommodation survey.

The exchange rate, holidaymakers and smaller Asian markets drove tourism growth last year, says MBIE.

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A high-level working group drawn from New Zealand’s $558m business events sector has stepped into the breach following the government’s surprise withdrawal of support for the Business Events Research Programme.

The number of building consents granted for hotels, motels, hostels and other short-term accommodation in the year to January 2019 has increased to 469, up 3.9% on the previous 12 months.

More than a third of RTOs across NZ showed flat visitor spending growth or worse in January.

The world’s travel and tourism sector grew by 3.9% last year, second only to manufacturing, says a new report.

New Zealand’s $558m business events sector showed solid growth in delegate numbers and delegate days last year off the back of a stable events count, according to the latest Business Event Activity Survey.