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“Bitterly disappointed” – industry alarm as visitor spend goes dark with data suspension… 9th February 2024 / /

“Bitterly disappointed” – industry alarm as visitor spend goes dark with data suspension…

Stats NZ disestablishes its Data Ventures arm, taking out a vital piece of regional insight for the country’s tourism sector.


…as Doocey “shares industry disappointment” and seeks options for MRTEs 9th February 2024 /

…as Doocey “shares industry disappointment” and seeks options for MRTEs

Tourism and Hospitality Minister Matt Doocey says he shares the tourism sector’s disappointment over the suspension of the Monthly Regional Tourism Estimates.


Domestic drags tourism spend down, Queenstown suffers most 23rd November 2023 /

Domestic drags tourism spend down, Queenstown suffers most

Domestic visitor spend in Queenstown fell sharply in September 2023, contributing to an overall drop in tourism expenditure across the country compared with the same month last year.


MBIE to revive MRTEs, seeks input on changes to visitor spend data 31st July 2023 /

MBIE to revive MRTEs, seeks input on changes to visitor spend data

The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment is seeking industry input into what appears to be a significant change in the way visitor spend is measured.


Goodbye MRTEs, hello TECTs – MBIE changes up visitor spend data 5th February 2021 /

Goodbye MRTEs, hello TECTs – MBIE changes up visitor spend data

The Monthly Regional Tourism Estimates have been suspended because of the impact Covid-19 has had on the dataset’s methodology.


MRTEs: Second lockdown lingers in Sept spend falls 6th November 2020 /

MRTEs: Second lockdown lingers in Sept spend falls

Despite the challenges, Northland saw visitor spend for the month jump 30% to $84m.


MRTEs: Auckland lockdown hits visitor spend hard 2nd October 2020 /

MRTEs: Auckland lockdown hits visitor spend hard

Auckland’s second coronavirus lockdown dealt a further blow to the gateway city’s tourism economy already suffering from a lack of international visitors, with a 61% drop in tourist takings recorded in August.


MRTEs: July spend booms but not for everyone 4th September 2020 /

MRTEs: July spend booms but not for everyone

New Zealanders hitting the road in the July school holidays delivered a huge spending boost for many smaller regions across the country, while key destinations including Auckland, Wellington and Queenstown continued to suffer from a lack of international spend.


MRTEs: Gloomy June for DQ as border closure hits spend 7th August 2020 /

MRTEs: Gloomy June for DQ as border closure hits spend

A shift to alert level 1 in June was not enough to offset a lack of international dollars being spent in many regions across the country, according to the latest Monthly Regional Tourism Estimates.


MRTEs: Wairarapa, BOP, Auckland RTOs top Nov spend growth 31st January 2020 / /

MRTEs: Wairarapa, BOP, Auckland RTOs top Nov spend growth

The Destination Wairarapa area saw strong growth in visitor spending despite a damp Toast Martinborough.


MRTEs: Tourism BOP leads June visitor spend growth 26th July 2019 / /

MRTEs: Tourism BOP leads June visitor spend growth

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. 


MRTEs: Growth slows as spending falls in more RTO zones 28th June 2019 /

MRTEs: Growth slows as spending falls in more RTO zones

Monthly tourism spend growth has slowed across the country with the top ranking Regional Tourism Organisation delivering 18% growth in May, down from a top figure of 26% last month, and more RTO’s delivering no or negative growth.


Coromandel, Tairawhiti jostle for top April spending spots 4th June 2019 /

Coromandel, Tairawhiti jostle for top April spending spots

The two RTO areas saw strong visitor spend for the month of April, according to MBIE’s latest data.


MRTEs: Cruise drives Dunedin growth to top but hotspots struggle 1st March 2019 / /

MRTEs: Cruise drives Dunedin growth to top but hotspots struggle

More than a third of RTOs across NZ showed flat visitor spending growth or worse in January.


MBIE: Revised visitor spending sees Wellington drop 11th December 2018 / /

MBIE: Revised visitor spending sees Wellington drop

Wellington has seen visitor spending figures for October drop after a revision was undertaken by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment.


MRTEs: Aoraki, Coromandel, WREDA report strong October growth 29th November 2018 / /

MRTEs: Aoraki, Coromandel, WREDA report strong October growth

The country’s newest regional tourism organisation, Aoraki Tourism, topped visitor spending growth for October 2018 compared to the same month last year, excluding Destination Kaikoura’s recovery-skewed returned.


MRTEs: A good month for ChristchurchNZ but Enterprise Dunedin falls 28th September 2018 /

MRTEs: A good month for ChristchurchNZ but Enterprise Dunedin falls

Destination Kaikoura continued to top spending growth for regional tourism organisations across the country with August 2018 expenditure up 52% to $4m compared to the same month last year.


MRTEs: Gisborne continues to lead regional spending growth 3rd September 2018 / /

MRTEs: Gisborne continues to lead regional spending growth

The region continued to lead visitor spending with yearly growth to July up 17% to $160m.


Canterbury, West Coast lead growth as Chinese NY boosts spending 3rd April 2018 /

Canterbury, West Coast lead growth as Chinese NY boosts spending

Tourism spending grew in all regions over the past year to February 2018 with Canterbury and the West Coast regions showing the largest increases with monthly returns boosted by Chinese New Year.


Gisborne, Marlborough lead January spending growth 22nd February 2018 /

Gisborne, Marlborough lead January spending growth

Gisborne and Marlborough showed the strongest month-on-month spending growth in January lifting 15% to $21m and 13% to $60m respectively