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
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NZD dribbling a little lower in the early going this morning