Data

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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The eight-month decline in international guest nights came to a standstill in August 2019, with a 0.5% increase recorded on the same month last year, according to Stats NZ’s latest Accommodation Survey.

A reasonable start to spring has turned a little sluggish after a third week of occupancy and ADR growth falls at the resort compared to the same period last year, according to STR.

New research from Budget NZ has revealed Kiwis are avid road trippers, with 62% doing a roadie within New Zealand in the past year.

Otago’s Central Lakes will be hardest hit as tourism slows, says Westpac.

International visitor movements at Queenstown Airport increased to 84,601 in August 2019, up 24% on the same month last year.

Double-digit dips in occupancy and RevPAR for Wellington last week reinforced a sluggish start to spring for the capital’s hotel market

Global hotel data supplier STR has been acquired for US$450m by commercial property information provider CoStar Group.

NZ’s $558m business events sector is seeking quotes for the Business Events Research Programme contract.

Winter visitor spending in Hawke’s Bay for the June to August period reached a record $127m, up 7% on the same period last year, according to the latest Monthly Regional Tourism Estimates.

Some of the country’s leading snow destinations suffered spending slowdowns for the second month in a row.

A double figure bump in RevPAR growth was part of a positive week for Christchurch for the seven days to Saturday 21 September

Visitor arrival numbers to New Zealand for the four weeks to September 1 grew by 2% compared to the corresponding period last year, according to provisional travel data from Stats NZ.

Air New Zealand carried 1.321 million passengers in August 2019, up 2.2% on the same month last year

A strong silver dollar economy contrasted with a weakening youth market in the latest Quarterly Tourism Report, with growth in international visitor arrivals skewed towards older age brackets in the year to June 2019.

After being overshadowed by an All Blacks test and a record-breaking series of Pink concerts in September last year, the Auckland hotel market managed to show a little growth last week.

July saw the eighth consecutive month-on-month fall in foreign visitor guest nights, says Stats NZ.

Queenstown occupancy is off to a reasonable spring start after managing for most of winter to track above last year’s figures, according to results from STR.

International visitor arrival numbers grew to 255,585 in July, up 2% on the same month last year, according to the latest travel figures from Stats NZ.

Tourism minister Kelvin Davis’ planned data hui is set to be held on 17 October, according to an update from the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment.

After a mixed start to winter, followed by a sluggish midwinter, Christchurch appears to have finished the season with relatively good occupancy levels.

A new forecasting tool designed to provide investors with insight into potential demand for new tourism products has been launched by the government.

The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment has put the Accommodation Survey up for tender.

A double-digit treat for Wellington as all three hotel metrics showed good growth for the week ending August 24, according to results from STR.

Australia reported one of the highest growth rates in international tourism spending last year, according to a report from the United Nations.

Visitor spending in some of NZ’s snow regions fell sharply after unusually mild weather.

International passenger movements at Queenstown Airport increased to 86,930 in July, up 12% on the same month last year.

Total and average international visitor spending growth starts to stall.

Finally, a week where all three hotel metrics ticked up across the country, albeit only slightly in two of the measures, according to results from STR.

Total passenger numbers at Auckland Airport reached 21.1 million in the year to 30 June 2019, up 2.8% on the previous period, said the operator.

Passenger numbers, vessel spend, voyages and port calls all jump in the year to June 2019.

Auckland’s hoteliers are feeling the heat as ADR and RevPAR continue to drag 2018’s results.

Stats NZ said that the drop coincides with a fall in visitor arrivals from Asia.

A new dataset that represents the entire accommodation sector, provides detail around the source country or regions of visitors, and uses an automatic data feed are on the wish-list for the new commercial accommodation monitor, according to a government update.

Potential providers of the International Visitor Survey are expected to be interviewed this month after a closed was held in July.

The ministry is now testing a new dataset comprised of mobile phone data from the country’s three main networks.

Chinese and Asian visitor growth to New Zealand look set for further falls this year, says ASB Bank.

After a good start to the winter ski season for Queenstown’s hotel market in June, ADR and RevPAR dipped in July compared to last year although occupancy for the month is tracking above 2018’s results.

The All Blacks test against the Springboks in Wellington last Saturday boosted RevPAR in the capital’s hotel market by 39.8% for the week of 21-27 July 2019, according to STR.

Building consents for hotels, motels and other short-term accommodation grew to 473 for the year to June 2019, up 44.3% on the previous 12 months.

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June spending by visitors to Hawke’s Bay grew at double the national average, according to the latest Monthly Regional Tourism Estimates.

Tourism Bay of Plenty led month-on-month visitor spending growth for regional tourism organisations in June 2019, increasing 13% on the same month last year to reach $77m, according to the latest Monthly Regional Tourism Estimates. 

As if on cue following Wellington City Council flagging a falling share of the tourism market, the capital had a good week to Saturday 20 July, reporting RevPAR up 13.9% to $125.51, according to STR.

International passenger movements at Queenstown Airport increased to 43,892 in June, up 12% compared to the same month last year.

It is the second successive month of falls following a drop in May.

Arrivals from China at Christchurch Airport grew by 26.6% in May, according to the operator.

Christchurch came off its super rugby-fuelled run with a bit of a bump last week, reporting falls across occupancy, ADR and RevPAR for the week to Saturday 13 July.