The Business Events Research Programme ran from 2009 to 2019, through a partnership between Conventions and Incentives New Zealand (CINZ), the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) and many Convention Bureaux across New Zealand.
Domestic Travel Survey data was recorded using particular terms and classifications. This page defines the terms and has more information on the classifications.
The Business Events Delegate Survey collected expenditure and length of stay data from multi-day business event delegates through an online survey, from 2009 to 2019.
The Domestic Travel Survey (DTS) was a survey of approximately 15,000 households per year from 1999 to 2012, used to estimate the characteristics of New Zealanders’ domestic tourism.
The Regional Tourism Estimates 2006–2011 drew data from the International Visitors Survey, Domestic Travel Survey and electronic transactions data. They are presented here for historical purposes only.
This page has information about the data sources and methodology used for the Regional Tourism Estimates (2009–2015).
Access a range of tourism research and reports commissioned or undertaken in recent years.
MBIE has released the latest hospitality and tourism workforce survey, offering new findings into the strengths and opportunities for people working in the sector.
This commentary presents the national context for tourism in the year ending September 2019 (and for the September 2019 quarter where available). This Quarterly Tourism Report focusses on the recent performance of the sector. The data in this report does not include the impacts of the novel coronavirus. MBIE acknowledges that novel coronavirus is creating uncertainty for the tourism sector, and the Government is looking at ways to provide data in a timely manner and information on impacts as they emerge.
This report covers tourist access pathways, travel itineraries and tourist behaviour for the Kaikōura region. It identifies opportunities to meet anticipated changes tourism demand.
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