Hotel rooms fill up as US, Chinese tourists flock south

Hotel rooms fill up as US, Chinese tourists flock south
United's direct flight from San Francisco is helping to boost Christchurch tourism. (Image: NZME)
Brent Melville
An influx of American and resurgent Chinese visitors through New Zealand's summer high season helped boost major hotel revenues by 9% year-on-year.Hotels in Queenstown, Christchurch, Nelson and Marlborough continue to set the bar for occupancy and revenues, with per room revenue (RevPAR) up a fifth on the prior year through January, according to Hotel Data NZ.In January the country’s main hotel supply, representing 42,784 available rooms, was 72% occupied at an average daily rate (ADR) of $234.24.That’s as provisional Statistics...

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