The commentary below presents the national context at the country level for tourism in the year ending September 2019 (and for the September 2019 quarter where available). Key findings are below:

Stats NZ publishes International Travel statistics which are used in the calculation of the International Visitor Survey (IVS).To meet IVS deadlines, Stats NZ supplied early provisional unpublished data, before data processing was complete, to MBIE for the December 2018 month. MBIE have now obtained the final data published by Stats NZ and have revised the IVS spend figures for the year ended December 2018 and the year ended March 2019.

The QTR covers the performance of the tourism sector over the last year. The report draws on data from a range of sources, Including:

Our latest Monthly Regional Tourism Estimates (MRTEs) — grouped by region and visitor country of origin.

This page explores electronic card spending patterns for the China market, and provides insights into the types of analysis the Regional Tourism Indicators can produce.

As part of our ongoing commitment to support tourism research, this page provides the Regional Tourism Estimates (RTEs) microdata.

As part of our ongoing commitment to supporting tourism research, on this page we provide the international tourism forecasts microdata.

Domestic Travel Survey data was recorded using particular terms and classifications. This page defines the terms and has more information on the classifications.

This report covers tourist access pathways, travel itineraries and tourist behaviour for the Kaikōura region. It identifies opportunities to meet anticipated changes tourism demand.

This page contains individual 1-page international tourism forecast summaries for each marke.