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Accommodation Survey


August 2006

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Highlights


In August 2006:

  • Guest nights were 4 percent higher in the North Island and 1 percent higher in the South Island compared with August 2005.

 

  • Total guest nights were 3 percent higher than in August 2005.

 

  • The trend in total guest nights has flattened since October 2004.

 

 

  • Four of the five accommodation types recorded more guest nights than in August 2005.

 

  • Nine of the 12 regions recorded more guest nights than in August 2005.

 

  • The Bay of Plenty, Auckland and Otago regions recorded the largest increases in guest nights compared with August 2005.






Dallas Welch
Acting Government Statistician

11 October 2006
Cat 70.905 Set 06/07 – 053


There is a companion Media Release published  – Accommodation Survey: August 2006.

 



  Accommodation Survey: August 2006 (pdf)



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