Local travellers boost guest nights in April on Easter, Anzac holidays

Local travellers boost guest nights in April on Easter, Anzac holidays

Paul McBeth

Sun, 16 Jun 2019

By Paul McBeth June 17 (BusinessDesk) - Domestic travellers underpinned a 5.1 percent increase in accommodation guest nights in April, due to the Easter and Anzac Day holidays coinciding with school break. However, a drop in Chinese visitors saw international guest nights decline across all accommodation types. The total number of guest nights rose to 3.61 million in April from 3.43 million a year earlier, Stats NZ said. Domestic travellers underpinned the increase, up 14 percent at 2.12 million, while international travellers' guest...

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