NZ guest nights rise in November as Australian visitors fill accommodation

NZ guest nights rise in November as Australian visitors fill accommodation
Paul McBeth
By Paul McBeth Jan. 23 (BusinessDesk) - New Zealand guest nights rose 4.3 percent in November from a year earlier as the number of international visitors, buoyed by more people from across the Tasman, helped lift the occupancy rate of the nation's accommodation.  Total guest nights increased to 3.41 million in November from 3.27 million a year earlier, Statistics New Zealand said. Of that, international guest nights rose 5.6 percent to 1.67 million, outpacing a 3.1 percent gain in domestic accommodation stays to 1.73 million. The increase...