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Tourism numbers 92% of pre-covid levels

Publish Date
Wed, 15 Apr 2026, 6:14am
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Tourism numbers 92% of pre-covid levels

Publish Date
Wed, 15 Apr 2026, 6:14am

Tourism numbers are still looking up.

Stats NZ data shows visits in February topped 408-thousand - more than 53-thousand up year-on-year.

More than 61-thousand were Chinese visitors - the highest month figure since almost 69-thousand, in February 2018.

Mat Woods CEO of Destination Queenstown & Lake Wanaka Tourism tells Ryan what we can do to keep tourism booming. 

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