Regional Information
Visiting New Zealand
Find out about visiting the regions of New Zealand on the official site
for destination New Zealand www.newzealand.com.
This site offers maps
of the different regions, key information about each region, highlights of
what to see and do in the area and where to get more information.
Doing Business
If you have a business enquiry about a specific region, contact the
relevant Regional Tourism Organisation or Regional Council.
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Regional
Tourism Organisations (RTO's) conduct marketing and research on
behalf of the regions of New Zealand.
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Regional
Councils provide the local laws and systems to support businesses,
including roading, parks & facilities, licenses & consents,
quality control and resource management.
Doing Research
Because the Ministry of Tourism works at a national level, we do not
undertake extensive research on tourism in the regions. The following
Ministry publications contain regional level information:
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The Commercial Accommodation
Survey gives regional breakdowns of establishment types, number
and origin of guests, nights stayed, capacity and occupancy rates.
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The Domestic Travel
Survey
gives regional breakdowns of the travel patterns of New Zealanders.
Regional data includes: day trips, overnight trips, nights per trip,
trips per capita, main reason of trips and expenditure.
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The International Visitor Survey
provides some information on regional travel by international
visitors, including visitor numbers, accommodation usage, length of
stay and purpose of travel.
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Regional
Tourism Forecasts provide anticipated visitor numbers, length of stay and
expenditure in each region through until 2011.
Some Regional
Tourism Organisations (RTOs) also conduct their own research about
tourism in the region. Get in touch with your local RTO to see what
information they can provide.
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