The latest Monthly Regional Tourism Estimates show tourism spend in the Bay of Plenty is up seven per cent, compared to last year.
The statistics released by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) today show that tourism spend for Bay of Plenty is estimated to be $1.9 billion for the year to April 2018.
MBIE Manager of Sector Trends Mark Gordon says that of this tourism spend in the year to April 2018, international visitors spent $592 million (up eight per cent compared with the year to April 2017), and domestic tourists spent $1.3 billion (up six per cent) in that period.
"When it comes to the monthly expenditure, tourism spend in Bay of Plenty for the month of April 2018 is down five per cent compared with the month of April 2017."
View the full statistics from the Monthly Regional Tourism Estimates.
1 comment
Odd thing
Posted on 05-06-2018 08:35 | By Crash test dummies
Almost all tourists (eg Crusie ship passengers) simply leave Tauranga for Rotorua, that is where the spend is, if anywhere. Result at best a bus driver wage daily is about the limit of it here. Every other assertion is simply hypo-dreams of thise already on the TCC payroll looking to expand the ranks and expand their own pay packs.
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