October 2019 Uncategorized
Kaikōura Visitor Spend Trends YE August 2019
Source: MBIE Monthly Regional Tourism Estimates, Year-end August 2019.
Comparing Kaikōura Annual visitor spend YE August 2019 to pre-quake YE August 2016.
Kaikōura Annual Total Visitor
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Kaikōura Cruise Ship Season 2019-2020
July 2019 Uncategorized
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
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Kaikōura Visitor Spend Trends YE April 2019
July 2019 Uncategorized
Kaikōura Visitor Spend Trends YE April 2019
Source: MBIE Monthly Regional Tourism Estimates, Year-end April 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
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Whale Trail funding announced
July 2019 Uncategorized
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
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Sudima Kaikōura opening October 2020
July 2019 Uncategorized
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
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Kaikōura Visitor Spend Trends YE January 2019
March 2019 Uncategorized
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%.
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2018-19 Cruise Ship Schedule Kaikoura
January 2019 Uncategorized
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
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Kaikōura Visitor Spend Statistics YE October 2018
December 2018 News
• 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
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Kaikōura i-SITE Insights
September 2018 News
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
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Fliggy, Chinese Travel Service Platform Launched to Boost Regional Tourism
September 2018 News
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
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