6th March 2024 IVSThe recovery in visitor spend continues although it lags that of visitor numbers due partly to more VFR and Australians.
5th December 2023 IVSInternational visitor spend totalled $9bn for the year ending September 2023, making it the second largest export for the country, according to the latest International Visitor Survey.
5th September 2023 IVSInternational visitors spent $538m on accommodation in the June 2023 quarter – the single largest category spend.
2nd June 2023 IVS / SpendInternational visitors spent $3.2bn billion in New Zealand in the March 2023 quarter, up from $1.8bn in the December quarter.
3rd March 2023 IVS / SpendingInternational visitor spend is the country’s third highest export for the quarter, says MBIE.
2nd December 2022 IVSForeign visitor spending reached $1.03bn for the September 2022 quarter, according to the International Visitor Survey.
8th August 2022 Government / IVSThe 15-minute survey, conducted by Kantar Public on behalf of MBIE, aims to understand what visitors think about New Zealand in order to improve the visitor experience.
23rd June 2022 IVS / MBIEThe revised questionnaire includes a stronger focus on sustainability, new information needs due to COVID-19, and meeting new expenditure data requirements by Stats NZ.
8th June 2022 IVS / MBIEThe Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment plans to restart the International Visitor Survey in July 2022.
25th February 2022 IVSThe International Visitors Survey is expected to restart again in July this year, says the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment.
31st August 2021 IVS / SpendStats NZ says it is moving away from using electronic card transaction data to estimate foreign visitor expenditure.
4th December 2020 IVS / SpendVisitor spend for the September 2020 quarter fell to $1.47bn, down from $2.88bn for the same period last year, according to new government data.
22nd May 2020 Data / IVSFresh Info and Kantar both won tenders for government data contracts in the last year.
3rd March 2020 IVSInternational visitors from the United States have once again led spending growth, with a 29% leap in the year ended December 2019, according to the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment.
26th November 2019 Data / IVSInternational 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.
26th November 2019 Data / IVSIndustry 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.
23rd August 2019 Data / IVSTotal and average international visitor spending growth starts to stall.
12th August 2019 Data / IVSPotential providers of the International Visitor Survey are expected to be interviewed this month after a closed was held in July.
24th May 2019 Data / IVSMost of the country’s major markets reported falls or low growth over the March year.
21st February 2019 IVS / SpendInternational visitor spend grew to $11.16bn last year despite falling or flat growth from most of NZ’s major markets.
15th November 2018 Data / IVS / QTRMBIE packages industry insight in first Quarterly Tourism Report.
17th August 2018 Data / IVSSpending in the year to June was driven by growth in visitor arrivals from China and the US, according to MBIE’s IVS.
1st August 2018 IVS / Wednesday LetterMBIE has been negligent in the management of its top tourism collection and we may never know the extent of the damage, writes the Ticker’s Paul Yandall.
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31st July 2018 Data / IVSA Stats NZ review of MBIE’s premier tourism dataset has recommended a raft of improvements.
31st July 2018 IVS / TIAA “damning review” of the International Visitor Survey has “called the credibility of official government visitor statistics into question” according to the Tourism Industry Aotearoa.
7th June 2018 IVSA report into the accuracy of the International Visitor Survey has been delayed because of the time being taken to test the dataset.
18th May 2018 IVSInternational spending neared a record $11bn in the year to March thanks to a rise in visitor numbers and increased expenditure by travellers from the US and China.
30th April 2018 IVSThe leader of Stats NZ’s review of the International Visitor Survey has returned to the UK as improvements to the beleaguered dataset are already being implemented.
3rd April 2018 IVSStats NZ has updated stakeholders on the progress being made in its review of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment’s beleaguered International Visitor Survey.
21st February 2018 IVSThe growth was driven by a 6.7% increase in visitors to New Zealand to a record 3.73 million last year with the US market performing strongly in terms of arrivals and spending.
19th February 2018 IVSOne of the UK’s top statisticians has been tasked with reviewing the Ministry of Business Innovation & Employment’s beleaguered International Visitor Survey.
31st January 2018 IVS / MBIE / Statistics NZMBIE has come under fire from tourism leaders after wiping $910m off international tourist spending.
30th January 2018 IVS / MBIE / Statistics NZThe terms of reference for Stats NZ’s review of MBIE’s International Visitor Survey have been released.
15th December 2017 IVS / MBIE / Statistics NZ / TSAAn economist with detailed knowledge of MBIE’s tourism data collection has come out criticising it as “next to useless” after this week’s Tourism Satellite Account (TSA) showed a fall in international tourism spend.
14th December 2017 IVSWhat have been the drivers of the 0.9% drop in international tourism expenditure as reported in the TSA 2017? Here’s MBIE’s answer.
13th December 2017 IVSInternational tourist spending has dropped to $14.5bn in the year to March, down 0.9% compared to the same month last year, according to Stats NZ’s Tourism satellite account for 2017.
20th November 2017 IVSSpending by international visitors in New Zealand was a record $10.4bn for the year to September 2017, according to MBIE.
3rd October 2017 IVSThe country’s premier tourism data collection, the Tourism Satellite Account (TSA) has been delayed.
29th September 2017 IVS / MBIE / Statistics NZMBIE is to have its top tourism data collection, the Tier 1 International Visitor Survey, reviewed by Stats NZ because of concerns over its accuracy.
30th August 2017 IVS / MBIE / Statistics NZStats NZ has begun an investigation into the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment’s International Visitor Survey
Spending by international visitors in New Zealand was $10.3 billion for the year ending June 2017, according to the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE).
15th August 2017 IVSAlmost all international visitors rate New Zealand as a destination with 96% saying their trip met or exceeded expectations, according to MBIE.
28th July 2017 IVSMBIE has released a new user guide with the latest Monthly Regional Tourism Estimates and has tweaked its historical dataset for the collection.
5th July 2017 IVS / Wednesday LetterOne of the most important resources the tourism industry has is the data provided by government agencies but is MBIE living up to the task and how does it explain clear discrepancies between its own datasets?
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