Key Tourism Statistics

 Key Facts

• Tourism contributes more than 9% of gross domestic product (GDP) for New Zealand
• Tourism directly and indirectly employs nearly one in ten New Zealanders - 184,800 total full-time equivalent jobs.
• Tourism in New Zealand is a $59 million per day industry. Tourism delivers $25 million in foreign exchange to the New Zealand economy each day of the year. Domestic tourism contributes another $34 million in economic activity every day.
• Total tourism expenditure reached $21.7 billion for the year ended March 2009. International visitor expenditure accounted for $9.3 billion or 16.4% of New Zealand’s foreign exchange earnings.

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