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Biggest February ever for international arrivals
Friday, 22 March 2013, 2:56 pm | Tourism New Zealand
A significant increase in international visitor arrivals from both the West and East has seen the biggest ever February, with 281,233 arrivals resulting in 8.5 per cent growth for the month. More >>
New Zealand “too perfect,” says Martin Freeman
Wednesday, 20 March 2013, 3:13 pm | Tourism New Zealand
The latest promotion for New Zealand features ringing endorsements from members of the international cast of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, as they discuss their own experiences of 100% Middle earth, 100% Pure New Zealand. More >>
Long-haul youth travellers enticed to enjoy NZ
Monday, 18 March 2013, 12:06 pm | Tourism New Zealand
Youth travellers from the long-haul markets of the US, Canada, UK and Continental Europe are being enticed to travel to New Zealand with Tourism New Zealand’s latest youth campaign - Epic Experiences - showing them ‘there really is too much to miss’. More >>
Tourism NZ Highlights - March 2013
Friday, 8 March 2013, 10:26 am | Tourism New Zealand
New press releases Stellar Lineup At Ellerslie Flower Show 7 March 2013 Ellerslie International Flower Show, Christchurch 6 - 10 March, 2013 Green fingered creativity and Kiwi innovation know few limits at the Ellerslie International Flower Show - ... More >>
More Than 400 International Travel Agents To Experience NZ
Tuesday, 5 March 2013, 3:24 pm | Tourism New Zealand
Tourism New Zealand has announced it will run two of its biggest-ever trade familiarisation and training events in May, with plans to host around 440 international travel agents in the country. More >>
Destination New Zealand profiled to 10 million US viewers
Monday, 4 March 2013, 3:25 pm | Tourism New Zealand
New Zealand’s stunningly beautiful landscapes and adrenaline pumping activities are again being broadcast across US prime-time TV as the New Zealand episode of The Amazing Race airs on major American broadcast channel CBS. More >>
PGA Golf’s ‘stop of the year’
Friday, 1 March 2013, 4:00 pm | Tourism New Zealand
Professional golfers and celebrities converging on Queenstown in New Zealand’s South Island for the 2013 NZ PGA Pro-Am Championship, are already talking as much about their off-the-field experience as their prospective golfing performance. More >>
Chinese New Year affects January international arrivals
Wednesday, 27 February 2013, 12:32 pm | Tourism New Zealand
Kevin Bowler, Chief Executive, says that while total arrivals were down for January, the month has some real success stories – with total arrivals from the US up 16.6 per cent, Japan up 8.8 per cent and Australia up 2.2 per cent for the month. More >>
International visitor spend decreases six per cent
Tuesday, 19 February 2013, 3:59 pm | Tourism New Zealand
Tourism New Zealand says the drop in international visitor spend is a result of the change in visitor mix and the impact of increased spend in 2011 by visitors attending the Rugby World Cup. More >>
Record traffic visits newzealand.com
Tuesday, 19 February 2013, 3:01 pm | Tourism New Zealand
Tourism New Zealand’s consumer website newzealand.com has broken all previous records during January and had the biggest month in its history with 1.5 million visits and 235,000 industry referrals. More >>
Year-End Arrivals Show Underlying Strength Of Market
Friday, 1 February 2013, 2:05 pm | Tourism New Zealand
Tourism New Zealand says that total arrivals for the year ending December 2012 have reaffirmed the underlying growth in visitors, with arrivals only slightly down on the 2011 year which was boosted by Rugby World Cup, and up 1.6 per cent on 2010. More >>
NZ's profile as tourism spot boosted by affluent Chinese
Wednesday, 30 January 2013, 4:52 pm | Tourism New Zealand
New Zealand has been named the 'World’s Best Luxury Destination' for affluent Chinese travellers, by the Shanghai Travelers’ Club in its 2013 Luxury Travel Awards. Auckland International Airport was also named the World’s Best Airport, Whare Kea Lodge ... More >>
TNZ targets higher value visitors from China tourism market
Thursday, 10 January 2013, 10:30 am | Tourism New Zealand
Tourism New Zealand (TNZ) is looking to generate greater value from the burgeoning Chinese market with its new Premier Kiwi Partnership (PKP) programme targeting those travellers likely to spend more time and money on visits to New Zealand. More >>
November international visitor arrivals steady
Friday, 21 December 2012, 1:21 pm | Tourism New Zealand
Figures released by Statistics New Zealand today have confirmed that international visitor arrivals to New Zealand were up by 0.8 per cent for the month of November. More >>
100% Middle-earth campaign wins world’s best travel award
Thursday, 13 December 2012, 10:47 am | Tourism New Zealand
Tourism New Zealand’s 100% Middle-earth, 100% Pure New Zealand campaign has taken out the award for ‘World's Leading Destination Marketing Campaign’ in the World Travel Awards 2012 Grand Final. More >>
100% Middle-earth at the official opening of Hobbiton
Thursday, 29 November 2012, 5:29 pm | Tourism New Zealand
International media in town for the premiere of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, were given a final taste of 100% Middle-earth, 100% Pure New Zealand today (29 November) before departing the country. More >>
Auckland transport infrastructure centre stage
Friday, 23 November 2012, 10:27 am | Tourism New Zealand
National transport officials are well positioned to be amongst global industry experts with two international transport conferences to be held in Auckland over the next two years. More >>
Latest arrival figures show impact of RWC arrivals
Thursday, 22 November 2012, 12:27 pm | Tourism New Zealand
International visitor arrivals for October 2012 reflected the impact of the Rugby World Cup 2011, with total arrivals down 14.7 per cent in the month of October. More >>
Micro-blogging Queen Yao Chen the face of campaign shoot
Wednesday, 21 November 2012, 11:38 am | Tourism New Zealand
Newly-wed Tourism New Zealand brand ambassador Yao Chen, dubbed China’s micro blogging queen, begins work on her latest 100% Pure New Zealand campaign shoot across the country this week. The focus of the campaign is to demonstrate to potential Chinese ... More >>
Bella Vista first to achieve across network Enviro Award
Tuesday, 20 November 2012, 10:44 am | Tourism New Zealand
Qualmark has this week named Bella Vista as the first accommodation network to achieve an Enviro Award across its entire group. More >>
