coronavirus creates some uncertainty looking ahead. This Quarterly Tourism Report provides a retrospective look at the performance of the sector, so the impacts of the outbreak are not included. Analysis of the impact of the outbreak will be included in future reports. Key findings are below:
The QTR covers the performance of the tourism sector over the last year. The report draws on data from a range of sources, Including:
This section brings together MBIE’s core tourism data sources to help users understand visitor behaviour, industry performance, and tourism’s wider economic impact. It includes regularly released datasets, surveys, and supporting materials.
The Tourism Data Domain Plan sets out the main priorities for tourism statistics, based on agreement by industry and government stakeholders.
The Regional Tourism Indicators (RTIs) were designed to provide data on tourism spending in the various regions of New Zealand, using electronic card transaction data as the source.
This page has graphs and tables that show changes in international expenditure based on data from April 2016.
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