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Tourism Spend $22 billion
Tourism Spend $22 billion
Wednesday 28 October 2009
– For immediate release
Tourism expenditure surpassed $21.7 billion a year, according to new figures out today, says Bruce Bassett, Ministry of Tourism Research Manager.
The Tourism Satellite Account: 2009, published today by Statistics New Zealand, shows tourism spend in New Zealand rose by 1.1% in the year to March 2009.
The figures also show international tourism expenditure accounted for $9.3 billion, or 16.4% of New Zealand’s exports, confirming tourism as one of New Zealand’s most powerful export earners. Domestic tourism expenditure was $12.4 billion.
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