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ChristchurchNZ Tourism And Business Events Research

Research into visitor perceptions of sustainability in New Zealand and the Canterbury region, visitor trends, reports, and an annual Tourism Factbook.

ChristchurchNZ Visitor Trends Dashboard

The ChristchurchNZ Interactive Dashboard will enable you to access data on a single screen and tinker with data on your own. Advanced features like zooming-in and out, detailing time intervals, filtering districts, or show and hide specific parameters that you don’t need enables you to look at data in the most holistic way, like never before.

ChristchurchNZ Business Events Dashboard

The dashboard contains data sourced from the Business Events Data Programme (BEDP). BEDP measures business event activity in New Zealand. It focusses on MICE events (meetings, incentives, conferences, and exhibitions) attended by at least 30 people. Public and social gatherings like weddings, dance parties, church services, concerts, sports events, and consumer events are outside the scope of the programme.

 

ChristchurchNZ Cruise Schedule Dashboard

The dashboard displays the cruise schedule that is sourced from the New Zealand Cruise Association and are subject to change.  

Passenger Movement

The Triptech report captures the movements of a proportion of the visitor population and should not be treated as a representation of the entire visitor population. Triptech is a travel technology company that generates data from users of apps for car hire companies, accommodation, and RV hire companies, including CamperMate

On the other hand, the Campermate report delivers an in-depth analysis of camping trends in Christchurch, detailing visitor numbers, their origin (domestic or international), and specific camping preferences, making it an essential resource for those involved in the camping and tourism industry.

Campermate Reports

Triptech Reports

Visitor Spend Update for YE December 2021

Christchurch visitor spending has started to slowly recover from the impact of Covid 19. The total visitor spending has increased 9.6% or $83m in 2021 when compared to 2020. However, it has still not reached the level of spending achieved in 2019 before the pandemic. When compared to 2019, the total visitor spending in 2021 was lower by -5.13% or -$51m.

Christchurch proved itself to be a popular domestic visitor destination in most of 2021 except for August, thanks largely to a new vibrant central city, a strong major events portfolio and unprecedent domestic engagement with the regional tourism marketing campaign, ExploreCHC. Domestic visitor spending in Christchurch increased by 20.2% or $143m when compared to 2020 and by 19.7% or $140m when compared to 2019. There was a drop of -49.5% in domestic visitor spending in the month of August 2021 when compared to the previous month July 2021 is most likely due to the city moving to Alert level 4 again for 2 weeks.

The international visitor spending for 2021 decreased -37.8% or -$60m when compared to 2020 and -66.9% or -$199.2m when compared to 2019. The travel bubble with some regions of Australia in mid-2021 resulted in an increased visitor spending of 98% or $11.2m when compared to 2020. However, once the travel bubble was paused due to the Delta variant by end of July, the spending continued to slow down.

Visitor Perceptions of Sustainability

Visitor perceptions of sustainability in New Zealand and the Canterbury region.

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