In April 2013, a total of 2,625,000 guest nights were spent in short-term commercial accommodation in New Zealand, a decrease of 33,000 nights (1.3 percent) from April 2012.

Both the North Island (down 26,000 or 1.6 percent) and South Island (down 7,000 or 0.7 percent) recorded a decrease in guest nights in April 2013.

International and Domestic

In April 2013, guest nights comprised 58.0 percent domestic guests (1.52 million guest nights) and 42.0 percent international guests (1.10 million guest nights). Compared with April 2012, domestic guest nights decreased 8.1 percent (134,000) while international guest nights increased 10.0 percent (101,000).

Accommodation Types

Three of the four accommodation types recorded a decrease in guest nights in April 2013, compared with April 2012.

Holiday parks had the largest decrease in guest nights (down 77,000 or 14.7 percent), followed by motels (down 16,000 or 1.9 percent), and backpacker accommodation (down 3,000 or 0.8 percent). Hotels had the only increase in guest nights (up 63,000 or 7.1 percent).

Occupancy

The overall occupancy rate for accommodation establishments in April 2013 was 37.0 percent, up 0.7 percentage points, compared with 36.3 percent in April 2012.

Hotels had the largest increase in occupancy (up 4.6 points to 59.0 percent), followed by motels (up 0.8 points to 51.3 percent). Backpacker accommodation had the largest decrease in occupancy (down 2.2 points to 41.8 percent), followed by holiday parks (down 1.0 points to 13.5 percent).

RTOs

In April 2013, Rotorua recorded the largest decrease in guest nights (down 12,000 or 7.5 percent) from April 2012. This was followed by Wanaka (down 9,000 or 15.7 percent), Waikato (down 8,000 or 8.4 percent), Central Otago (down 8,000 or 23.3 percent) and Nelson-Tasman (down 8,000 or 8.3 percent).

Canterbury recorded the largest increase (up 21,000 or 9.0 percent), followed by Wellington (up 18,000 or 9.9 percent), Queenstown (up 11,000 or 5.1 percent), Auckland (up 10,000 or 1.8 percent), and Hawke’s Bay (up 6,000 or 8.1 percent).

Annual

For the year ended April 2013, there were 31,772,000 guest nights, an increase of 87,000 (0.3 percent) from the previous April year.

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