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8 May 2012
A tough 12 months for the tourism industry was saved by the one-off influx of Rugby World Cup visitors, according to latest figures from the International Visitors Survey.
21 March 2012
Since achieving a record high in business confidence during the Rugby World Cup, tourism businesses are not feeling as optimistic about the next three months as they were in the previous two quarters.
20 March 2012
The latest tourism data shows a surge in domestic travel trips and spending in 2011.
14 February 2012
Visitors to New Zealand for the Rugby World Cup spent around $390 million, according to the International Visitors Survey released by the Ministry of Economic Development today.
22 December 2011
The Rugby World Cup was a winner with the tourism industry, with demand and profitability increasing across the sector over the past three months.
6 December 2011
Domestic tourism spending recovered in the year to September 2011 to high levels last approached in 2009.
8 November 2011
Tourism spending has fallen in the past twelve months but the drop may have bottomed out for now, research from the Ministry of Economic Development shows.
20 September 2011
The Chinese tourism market will overtake the American and British markets in spending by mid-2012, according to updated forecasts for the period 2011 to 2016 released by the Ministry of Economic Development.
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