Guest nights for December show a continuing rise
Guest nights for December show a continuing rise – Media release
12 February 2015
National guest nights for December 2014 were 7.1 percent higher than in December 2013, Statistics New Zealand said today. This is the ninth consecutive month of rises.
"Canterbury and Otago were the main regions contributing to the national increase in December," business indicators manager Neil Kelly said. "All 12 regional areas had increased guest nights."
Also for December 2014
compared with December 2013:
• North Island guest
nights were up 5.2 percent, and South Island guest nights
were up 9.9 percent.
• Domestic guest nights were up
5.4 percent, and international guest nights were up 9.5
percent.
• All four accommodation types had higher
guest nights.
For the 2014 calendar year, national guest nights were up 5.8 percent from the 2013 year.
After removing seasonal variation, national guest nights rose 0.3 percent in December, compared with November. This follows a 0.9 percent rise in November. The trend for national guest nights continued to rise.
The Accommodation Survey collects data for guests staying in hotels, motels, backpacker accommodation, and holiday parks in New Zealand each month.
For more information on monthly accommodation statistics, see Accommodation Survey: December 2014. For visitor numbers, see International Travel and Migration: December 2014.
Ends
For more information about these statistics:
• Visit Accommodation Survey: December
2014
• Open the attached files
AccommodationSurveyDec14.pdf
asdec14tables.xls