Kaikōura Cruise Ship Season 2019-2020

July 2019 Kaikōura’s cruise ship season begins early this year starting off with the largest ship ‘The Maasdam’ docking the South Bay Marina on 3rd October 2019. Not only will the cruise season start early, there will also be more ships visiting us

Kaikōura Visitor Spend Trends YE April 2019

July 2019 Kaikōura Visitor Spend Trends YE April 2019 Source: MBIE Monthly Regional Tourism Estimates, Year-end January 2019 Kaikōura annual visitor spend YE April 2019 was $118m, which is an increase of 0.3% in April 2019 compared to pre-quake April

Whale Trail funding announced

July 2019 A new cycle and walking trail stretching 200 kilometres from Picton to Kaikōura has a new name and government funding. The Whale Trail has been in the planning stage since the 2016 Kaikōura earthquake. Its name is a nod to the enormous success

Sudima Kaikōura opening October 2020

July 2019 Recently, there has been some activity around the building grounds of the coming Sudima hotel in Kaikōura. They have started ground works for the hotel that is scheduled to be completed in September 2020 and to open its doors one month later in

Kaikōura Visitor Spend Trends YE January 2019

March 2019 Kaikōura Visitor Spend Trends YE January 2019 Year-end January 2019 figures ($113m) compared to YE January 2016 ($113m) shows Kaikōura has met pre-earthquake total annual visitor spend. In fact, it has exceeded visitor spend by 4%.

2018-19 Cruise Ship Schedule Kaikoura

January 2019 Maasdam Kaikoura Sat 15 Dec 2018 8:00 Sat 15 Dec 2018 17:00 Seabourn Encore Kaikoura Tue 1 Jan 2019 8:00 Tue 1 Jan 2019 17:00 Seabourn Encore Kaikoura Thu 17 Jan 2019 8:00 Thu 17 Jan 2019 17:00 Caledonian

Kaikōura Visitor Spend Statistics YE October 2018

December 2018 • Annual visitor spend $106m up 89.3% from $56m in Oct 2017 • YE Oct 2018 visitor spend tracking -12.5% behind pre-quake YE Oct 2016 spend of $121m. • International visitor spend $53m up 92.6% • Domestic visitor spend $53m up

Kaikōura i-SITE Insights

September 2018 Kaikōura i-SITE Manager, Mariet van Vierzen said, “Unless you’ve visited the i-SITE post-earthquake you may not know that because of the earthquake there has been a big crack in the floor in the middle of the centre. We’ve had a temporary

Fliggy, Chinese Travel Service Platform Launched to Boost Regional Tourism

September 2018 Christchurch Airport has today announced the launch of a South Island Travel Store on Fliggy, a leading Chinese travel service platform and part of the Alibaba digital ecosystem, in a move designed to promote regional tourism and economic

Kaikōura Visitor Spend Statistics YE July 2018

September 2018 Annual visitor spend $99m up 47.4% from $63m in Jul 2017 YE July 2018 visitor spend tracking -17.5% behind pre-quake YE July 2016 spend of $120m. International visitor spend $49m up 53.5% Domestic visitor spend $49m up

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Sudima Kaikōura opening October 2020

Kaikōura Visitor Spend Trends YE January 2019

2018-19 Cruise Ship Schedule Kaikoura

Kaikōura Visitor Spend Statistics YE October 2018

Kaikōura i-SITE Insights

Fliggy, Chinese Travel Service Platform Launched to Boost Regional Tourism

Kaikōura Visitor Spend Statistics YE July 2018

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