Accommodation Survey: January 2010

Embargoed until 10:45am  –  12 March 2010

Highlights

 Compared with the January 2009 month: 
  • Total guest nights were 4 percent higher.
  • International guest nights were 8 percent higher and domestic guest nights were 2 percent higher.
  • All four accommodation types had higher guest nights, led by hotels.
  • Eleven of the 12 regions had higher guest nights, led by Waikato and Canterbury.

Total guest nights were the highest recorded in any month since the survey began in July 1996.

 

 Graph, Total guest nights, monthly.

Geoff Bascand 12 March 2010
Government Statistician ISSN 1178-0207