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Winter warmed by highest holiday visitors on record
Wednesday, 21 September 2016, 3:49 pm | Tourism New Zealand
New Zealand’s winter offering attracted record numbers of international holidaymakers. Tourism New Zealand welcomes today’s latest arrivals data which shows further growth in visitor numbers and heralds a promising start to the financial year. Nearly 317,000 ... More >>
Tourism spend and arrivals continue upward surge
Friday, 19 August 2016, 2:28 pm | Tourism New Zealand
Tourism New Zealand says a continued growth in international holiday arrivals and an 18 percent increase in spending for the autumn quarter is more great news for the New Zealand economy. More >>
Tourism flying high with Disney’s Pete’s Dragon
Tuesday, 9 August 2016, 3:13 pm | Tourism New Zealand
Tourism New Zealand has secured exclusive cast interviews and video content to showcase New Zealand internationally as the home of the new Disney movie Pete’s Dragon . More >>
Tourism New Zealand Chief Executive Resigns
Tuesday, 9 August 2016, 12:39 pm | Tourism New Zealand
Tourism New Zealand Chair Kerry Prendergast has today confirmed the resignation of Chief Executive Kevin Bowler after almost seven years leading the Crown Entity. Kevin leaves on 28 October 2016 to join Frucor Beverages Limited as its New Zealand CEO. ... More >>
Growth in autumn visitor arrivals
Wednesday, 22 June 2016, 12:37 pm | Tourism New Zealand
International tourism’s steady rise has continued through the month of May with figures released today showing year-end international visitor growth of 10.6 per cent compared to the previous 12 months. More >>
Rotorua set to welcome 2000 conference delegates
Wednesday, 15 June 2016, 9:08 am | Tourism New Zealand
Rotorua has won the bid to host the world health promotion conference of the International Union for Health Promotion and Education (IUHPE) in 2019, thanks to the combined efforts of Tourism New Zealand, Destination Rotorua and the Health Promotion Forum ... More >>
International tourism spend surpasses $10 billion
Friday, 20 May 2016, 1:13 pm | Tourism New Zealand
Value and volume in the tourism sector continues to rise with new data sets showing yet more international visitors came this April than last and each of those visitors is spending more while here. More >>
New flights and funding to grow US and India markets
Friday, 13 May 2016, 12:04 pm | Tourism New Zealand
Tourism New Zealand Chief Executive Kevin Bowler has welcomed the Government’s increased investment for tourism and its recognition of the tourism sector as a driver of economic growth. More >>
Tourism New Zealand and Air New Zealand sign MoU
Wednesday, 11 May 2016, 11:54 am | Tourism New Zealand
Air New Zealand and Tourism New Zealand have today announced a marketing partnership worth more than $20 million over the coming financial year to promote New Zealand to new and existing international markets and collaboratively grow the value on in-bound ... More >>
Incentive business worth $50m secured by tourism partners
Thursday, 21 April 2016, 8:46 pm | Tourism New Zealand
A unique approach to hosting large incentive groups has seen Tourism New Zealand and its partners secure incentive business from China worth at least $50 million dollars. More >>
Autumn arrivals off to a flying start
Thursday, 21 April 2016, 1:32 pm | Tourism New Zealand
International holiday arrivals for the month of March show a solid start to the autumn shoulder up 26.3 per cent on the same month last year, meaning an additional 38,000 visitors. More >>
Tourism NZ, Christchurch Airport commit $6m to joint venture
Thursday, 14 April 2016, 12:32 pm | Tourism New Zealand
Tourism New Zealand and Christchurch Airport (CIAL) have today signed a new MOU committing $6 million to jointly promote New Zealand through Christchurch Airport. More >>
Chinese New Year bigger and better than ever before
Monday, 21 March 2016, 1:05 pm | Tourism New Zealand
This year’s Chinese New Year has resulted in a record number of Chinese visitor arrivals, up 15.2 per cent on the same holiday period last year - making it New Zealand’s biggest Chinese New Year to date. More >>
Weta Workshop listed in world's top 10 film studio tours
Monday, 7 March 2016, 12:39 pm | Tourism New Zealand
March 2016 British newspaper The Guardian has ranked Weta Workshop’s guided studio tours alongside Warner Brothers Studios in Hollywood and Leavesden studios near London. Read more More >>
The World Masters Games 2017 registrations go live
Thursday, 25 February 2016, 3:03 pm | Tourism New Zealand
The World Masters Games 2017 kicks off in Auckland in just over a year and registrations are now open for next year’s event. More >>
New Zealand - home of Disney’s 'Pete’s Dragon'
Thursday, 25 February 2016, 3:01 pm | Tourism New Zealand
New Zealand has been featured for the first time as the home of Disney’s 'Pete’s Dragon'- due for worldwide release in late 2016. More >>
Traditional Māori welcome for Ghost in the Shell
Thursday, 25 February 2016, 2:56 pm | Tourism New Zealand
Cast and crew of the 'Ghost in the Shell' have been honoured with a traditional Māori welcome at New Zealand's national museum. Te Papa Tongarewa in Wellington. More >>
Record summer of growth continues for international tourism
Thursday, 25 February 2016, 2:51 pm | Tourism New Zealand
Record summer of growth continues for international tourism The tourism industry’s growth streak has continued with the release of the latest international visitor arrivals showing total arrivals up 10.7 per cent to over 3.17 million for the year ... More >>
Christchurch – a new story
Monday, 22 February 2016, 12:10 pm | Tourism New Zealand
Five years on from the earthquakes that changed the face of Christchurch, the South Island city is emerging with a strong and intriguing new edge. More >>
Strong support from Australia’s largest travel agencies
Monday, 22 February 2016, 11:51 am | Tourism New Zealand
Tourism New Zealand and Air New Zealand recently hosted a meeting with some of the most influential players in Australian travel trade to discuss the challenges and opportunities currently affecting the trans-Tasman tourism market. More >>
