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International visitor spend hits $9bn, behind only dairy in exports – IVS 5th December 2023

International visitor spend hits $9bn, behind only dairy in exports – IVS

International 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.


IVS: Visitor spend tops $2bn in June quarter 5th September 2023

IVS: Visitor spend tops $2bn in June quarter

International visitors spent $538m on accommodation in the June 2023 quarter – the single largest category spend.


IVS: International visitors spend $3.2bn over summer 2nd June 2023 /

IVS: International visitors spend $3.2bn over summer

International visitors spent $3.2bn billion in New Zealand in the March 2023 quarter, up from $1.8bn in the December quarter.


IVS: Foreign visitor spend accelerates into summer hitting $1.8bn in Dec quarter 3rd March 2023 /

IVS: Foreign visitor spend accelerates into summer hitting $1.8bn in Dec quarter

International visitor spend is the country’s third highest export for the quarter, says MBIE.


IVS returns: Q3 foreign visitor spend tops $1bn 2nd December 2022

IVS returns: Q3 foreign visitor spend tops $1bn

Foreign visitor spending reached $1.03bn for the September 2022 quarter, according to the International Visitor Survey.


IVS questions, brochure, fact sheet released 8th August 2022 /

IVS questions, brochure, fact sheet released

The 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.


Updated IVS on track for July restart – MBIE 23rd June 2022 /

Updated IVS on track for July restart – MBIE

The revised questionnaire includes a stronger focus on sustainability, new information needs due to COVID-19, and meeting new expenditure data requirements by Stats NZ.


MBIE to reinstate IVS from July 8th June 2022 /

MBIE to reinstate IVS from July

The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment plans to restart the International Visitor Survey in July 2022.


International Visitors Survey back in July 25th February 2022

International Visitors Survey back in July

The International Visitors Survey is expected to restart again in July this year, says the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment.


Stats NZ goes back to IVS to estimate visitor spend 31st August 2021 /

Stats NZ goes back to IVS to estimate visitor spend

Stats NZ says it is moving away from using electronic card transaction data to estimate foreign visitor expenditure.


Visitor spend falls to $1.47bn for Sept quarter 4th December 2020 /

Visitor spend falls to $1.47bn for Sept quarter

Visitor 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.


Value of top govt tourism data contracts revealed 22nd May 2020 /

Value of top govt tourism data contracts revealed

Fresh Info and Kantar both won tenders for government data contracts in the last year.


IVS: US visitor spend surges 29% to top $1.5bn in 2019 3rd March 2020

IVS: US visitor spend surges 29% to top $1.5bn in 2019

International 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.


IVS: Spend up 2% as US powers ahead in September year 26th November 2019 /

IVS: Spend up 2% as US powers ahead in September year

International 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.


Industry pins hopes on IVS 2.0 following warning on China data 26th November 2019 /

Industry pins hopes on IVS 2.0 following warning on China data

Industry 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.


IVS: Spending flattens at $11.2bn for June 2019 year 23rd August 2019 /

IVS: Spending flattens at $11.2bn for June 2019 year

Total and average international visitor spending growth starts to stall.


IVS tender shortlist interviews to be held 12th August 2019 /

IVS tender shortlist interviews to be held

Potential providers of the International Visitor Survey are expected to be interviewed this month after a closed was held in July.


IVS: Smaller Asian markets drive spending growth 24th May 2019 /

IVS: Smaller Asian markets drive spending growth

Most of the country’s major markets reported falls or low growth over the March year.


IVS: 2018 visitor spending grows 6% 21st February 2019 /

IVS: 2018 visitor spending grows 6%

International visitor spend grew to $11.16bn last year despite falling or flat growth from most of NZ’s major markets.


QTR: Average visitor spend ticks up in Sept year 15th November 2018 / /

QTR: Average visitor spend ticks up in Sept year

MBIE packages industry insight in first Quarterly Tourism Report.


International visitor spend tops $11bn 17th August 2018 /

International visitor spend tops $11bn

Spending in the year to June was driven by growth in visitor arrivals from China and the US, according to MBIE’s IVS.


Tourism deserves better than MBIE’s IVS negligence 1st August 2018 /

Tourism deserves better than MBIE’s IVS negligence

MBIE 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.


RTNZ: About time NZ had decent measurement for tourism 1st August 2018 /

RTNZ: About time NZ had decent measurement for tourism

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IVS verdict: “Tune-up needed, not an overhaul” – Stats NZ 31st July 2018 /

IVS verdict: “Tune-up needed, not an overhaul” – Stats NZ

A Stats NZ review of MBIE’s premier tourism dataset has recommended a raft of improvements.


TIA: “Damning” IVS review calls official tourism stats into question 31st July 2018 /

TIA: “Damning” IVS review calls official tourism stats into question

A “damning review” of the International Visitor Survey has “called the credibility of official government visitor statistics into question” according to the Tourism Industry Aotearoa.


Stats NZ: IVS accuracy review report delayed 7th June 2018

Stats NZ: IVS accuracy review report delayed

A report into the accuracy of the International Visitor Survey has been delayed because of the time being taken to test the dataset.


China, US visitor spending jumps 18th May 2018

China, US visitor spending jumps

International 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.


IVS review changes head, dataset improved 30th April 2018

IVS review changes head, dataset improved

The 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.


Stats NZ: International input sought in IVS review 3rd April 2018

Stats NZ: International input sought in IVS review

Stats 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.


Visitor spend reaches record $10.6bn 21st February 2018

Visitor spend reaches record $10.6bn

The 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.


Top UK statistician to review MBIE’s IVS 19th February 2018

Top UK statistician to review MBIE’s IVS

One of the UK’s top statisticians has been tasked with reviewing the Ministry of Business Innovation & Employment’s beleaguered International Visitor Survey.


MBIE draws fire after wiping nearly $1bn off visitor spending figures 31st January 2018 / /

MBIE draws fire after wiping nearly $1bn off visitor spending figures

MBIE has come under fire from tourism leaders after wiping $910m off international tourist spending.


Terms of reference for Stats NZ’s IVS review released 30th January 2018 / /

Terms of reference for Stats NZ’s IVS review released

The terms of reference for Stats NZ’s review of MBIE’s International Visitor Survey have been released.


Economist: MBIE’s top tourism data “next to useless” 15th December 2017 / / /

Economist: MBIE’s top tourism data “next to useless”

An 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. 


Why did international tourist spend fall? Here’s MBIE’s explanation 14th December 2017

Why did international tourist spend fall? Here’s MBIE’s explanation

What have been the drivers of the 0.9% drop in international tourism expenditure as reported in the TSA 2017? Here’s MBIE’s answer.


Tourism satellite account 2017: International tourist spend falls 13th December 2017

Tourism satellite account 2017: International tourist spend falls

International 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.   


MBIE: International visitors spend record $10.4bn 20th November 2017

MBIE: International visitors spend record $10.4bn

Spending by international visitors in New Zealand was a record $10.4bn for the year to September 2017, according to MBIE.


Stats NZ delays top tourism data collection 3rd October 2017

Stats NZ delays top tourism data collection

The country’s premier tourism data collection, the Tourism Satellite Account (TSA) has been delayed.


Stats NZ to review MBIE’s IVS 29th September 2017 / /

Stats NZ to review MBIE’s IVS

MBIE is to have its top tourism data collection, the Tier 1 International Visitor Survey, reviewed by Stats NZ because of concerns over its accuracy.


Stats NZ starts investigation into MBIE’s IVS 30th August 2017 / /

Stats NZ starts investigation into MBIE’s IVS

Stats NZ has begun an investigation into the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment’s International Visitor Survey


MBIE: International visitors spend $10.3bn to June 2017 18th August 2017

MBIE: International visitors spend $10.3bn to June 2017

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).


MBIE: High ratings for NZ as a travel destination 15th August 2017

MBIE: High ratings for NZ as a travel destination

Almost all international visitors rate New Zealand as a destination with 96% saying their trip met or exceeded expectations, according to MBIE.


MBIE revises data, releases user guide with latest MRTEs 28th July 2017

MBIE revises data, releases user guide with latest MRTEs

MBIE has released a new user guide with the latest Monthly Regional Tourism Estimates and has tweaked its historical dataset for the collection.


Wednesday Letter: We need to talk about data 5th July 2017 /

Wednesday Letter: We need to talk about data

One 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?


All you need to know about the latest IVS in five neat graphs from figure.nz 24th February 2017 /

All you need to know about the latest IVS in five neat graphs from figure.nz

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