Accommodation Survey: November 2011

Embargoed until 10:45am  –  18 January 2012

Key facts

In November 2011 compared with November 2010:

  • International guest nights fell 3.3 percent, caused mainly by a large fall in Canterbury.
  • Domestic guest nights were unchanged.
  • Total guest nights fell 1.5 percent.
  • North Island guest nights rose 1.7 percent, while South Island guest nights fell 5.9 percent.
  • Otago and Wellington guest nights rose, but only partly offset falls in the Canterbury and Auckland regions.
  • Guest nights fell in hotels and backpacker accommodation, while they rose in motels and holiday parks.

Graph, Guest nights, by accommodation type, November month, 2006–11.  

Geoff Bascand 18 January 2012
Government Statistician ISSN 1178-0207