International guest nights plumb 3-year low as tourism contracts

International guest nights plumb 3-year low as tourism contracts
Paul McBeth
By Paul McBeth Aug. 14 (BusinessDesk) - New Zealand's accommodation operators reported the fewest monthly international guest nights for three years in June as the tourism boom tapers off.  Statistics New Zealand's soon-to-be-defunct accommodation survey showed just 800,000 guest nights in June, down 3 percent from a year earlier. While June is traditionally a quiet month for international visitors, the decline was the seventh in a row and the lowest since June 2016.  "June is the quietest month of the year for commercial accommodation...

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