Overnight stays by international visitors were up 2 percent in August 2010 compared with August 2009, Statistics New Zealand said today.
Domestic guest nights were down 1 percent over the same period. As a result, total guest nights in August 2010 were almost unchanged from August 2009, down less than 0.1 percent.
Nine regions had fewer guest nights in August 2010 compared with the previous August. These were almost completely offset by only three increases, led by the Auckland region, with large increases in both international and domestic guest nights. After a significant decrease in August 2009, these increases take Auckland guest nights back above those seen in August 2008.
The two other regions to increase (Bay of Plenty and Otago) were also driven by international guest nights. The regions that had the largest decreases in guest nights –Taranaki/Manawatu-Wanganui, Waikato, and Wellington – were all driven by fewer domestic guest nights.
Hotels were the only accommodation type to record an increase in August 2010, up 7 percent compared with the previous August. Hotels also had the largest share of total guest nights in August 2010 – at 42 percent, this was the highest share of total guest nights for hotels since the survey began in 1996. Over recent years, hotels have increasingly had the largest share of monthly total guest nights.
The Accommodation Survey records guests staying in hotels, motels, backpackers, and holiday parks in New Zealand each month.
Domestic guest nights were down 1 percent over the same period. As a result, total guest nights in August 2010 were almost unchanged from August 2009, down less than 0.1 percent.
Nine regions had fewer guest nights in August 2010 compared with the previous August. These were almost completely offset by only three increases, led by the Auckland region, with large increases in both international and domestic guest nights. After a significant decrease in August 2009, these increases take Auckland guest nights back above those seen in August 2008.
The two other regions to increase (Bay of Plenty and Otago) were also driven by international guest nights. The regions that had the largest decreases in guest nights –Taranaki/Manawatu-Wanganui, Waikato, and Wellington – were all driven by fewer domestic guest nights.
Hotels were the only accommodation type to record an increase in August 2010, up 7 percent compared with the previous August. Hotels also had the largest share of total guest nights in August 2010 – at 42 percent, this was the highest share of total guest nights for hotels since the survey began in 1996. Over recent years, hotels have increasingly had the largest share of monthly total guest nights.
The Accommodation Survey records guests staying in hotels, motels, backpackers, and holiday parks in New Zealand each month.
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