Accommodation Survey: June 2009

Embargoed until 10:45am  –  12 August 2009
Media release  – 
June guest nights down

Highlights

Compared with June 2008:

  • Total guest nights were 5 percent lower.
  • International guest nights were down 8 percent and domestic guest nights were down 3 percent.
  • All five accommodation types had fewer guest nights.
  • Eight of the 12 regions had fewer guest nights, with Auckland recording the largest decrease.
  • Otago had the largest increase in guest nights.

Total guest nights were down 3 percent in the year ended June 2009.

Graph, Guest Nights by Accommodation type

Geoff Bascand 12 August 2009
Government Statistician ISSN 1178-0207