Data for New Zealand tourism (for the year ended in March) have been published by Statistics New Zealand:

  • International tourism spending jumps 7.4% to NZ$10.31b
  • International tourism spending 15% of total exports
  • Is the second-largest export industry after dairy
  • Tourism full-time equivalent direct/indirect employment rises to 166,800 or 8.3% of NZ total
  • Tourism direct/indirect contribution to economy falls to 7.1% of GDP from 7.2% in 2012-13

NZD dribbling a little lower in the early going this morning