The commentary below presents the national context for tourism in the year ending September 2019 (and for the September 2019 quarter where available). MBIE acknowledges that the outbreak of 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:
Businesses that wish to participate in the COVID-19 Consumer Travel Reimbursement Scheme must meet the obligations and requirements set out in this declaration.
Tourism Businesses, Inbound Tour Operators, and Regional Tourism Organisations received funding through the Strategic Tourism Asset Protection Programme (STAPP)
COVID-19 has affected the IVS collection in the March 2020 quarter
The Tourism Growth Partnership was set up to fund industry-led commercial projects that increased productivity across the sector.
We are releasing documents which relate to the Tourism Recovery Package. The webpage will be updated periodically.
The commentary below presents the national context at the country level for tourism in the year ending September 2019 (and for the September 2019 quarter where available). Key findings are below:
Stats NZ publishes International Travel statistics which are used in the calculation of the International Visitor Survey (IVS).To meet IVS deadlines, Stats NZ supplied early provisional unpublished data, before data processing was complete, to MBIE for the December 2018 month. MBIE have now obtained the final data published by Stats NZ and have revised the IVS spend figures for the year ended December 2018 and the year ended March 2019.
The New Zealand-Aotearoa Government Tourism Strategy is more important than ever as we welcome visitors back to New Zealand. The Strategy sets out a more deliberate and active role for government in tourism.
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