International tourists to New Zealand drop by 14%
Birmingham Star
Saturday 11th July, 2009
The number of tourists visiting New Zealand is plummeting.
International arrivals in May were down 14% on last year.
Auckland, the country's biggest city, fared worst of all. There were 34,000 less room nights recorded for international visitors in May, a decline of 8.20%. Statistics New Zealand collates information from hotels, motels, backpackers and camping grounds.
Domestic tourism for Auckland also slumped as the New Zealand economy reels from a recession. In May local visitor numbers declined by 3%.
"Figures out of China, Japan and Korea have been down and those markets are pretty key feeders into Auckland," Tourism Auckland chief executive Graeme Osborne said Friday.
Only visitors from Australia improved, however most of these were going to the ski fields, Osborne said, and not to the cities.
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| By Texas Joe, 07-11-09, 02:35 PM |
International tourists to New Zealand drop by 14%I came to NZ for 5 months in
97-98. Everthing was going pretty good until I stayed at the Holiday camp just before you get to Owera. The first night I camped in NZ I was robbed. The crooks got inside my tent stole my 500. dollar rain jacket and all my belonging except my sleeping bag. I had very little money and was forcesed to spend the whole vaction sleeping in my car. At times was very hungry!!! one night almost murderd by the Mongral mob!! I plan on writeing about my adventure and putting it on the net for every traveller to see. The gangs are killing the tourist! |
| By Anonymous, 07-28-09, 03:17 AM |
| It took you 10 years to write this story!
Are you sure it was in NZ not Texas?:) |
| By Anonymous, 01-03-10, 11:37 AM |
Someone tampered with my E mail This happened in 2007- 2008 , someone
changed the date. |
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