Importance Of Tourism In New Zealand

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Tourism is an outstanding asset to all visitor target destinations and way of life .It is the leading source of revenue for New Zealand through visitors and local tourists major contribution to the host destination economy. It is an important foreign exchange earner which grants the most income, jobs and growth as we depend on it .The report " The State of the Tourism Industry "produced by the Tourism Industry Association New Zealand and Lincoln University, appears in Tourism 2025, the New Zealand Strategic plan . The report asserts that the Tourism Industry of New Zealand is in a better position to benefit of growth opportunities and its report records a year of strong and continued growth, marked by a return to strong international …show more content…

Accounting for more than 166,800 full time equivalent jobs worldwide and directly employs 4.7 % and indirectly employs 3.1% of the New Zealand workforce and an estimation of nearly 8.3% of total employment in New Zealand. The New Zealand government as a host destination is earning money through airport taxes , tourist taxes, increased export earnings and income tax revenue from employers working in the industry. Tourism employment is probably the most important social advantage of tourism . Tourism is not like many other export industries, international visitors spending money on New Zealand goods and services help to boost more money to our economy as for domestic people purchased the same thing is not counted as international expenditure.The Tourism Industry can be divided into two different categories. These are Domestic and International tourism . Domestic Tourism is where the local tourists travel within the regions of their residence …show more content…

The number of international student arrives in the year 2014 and studying for less than 12 months was in total, of 53,088 and an expenditure total spent of about $1.9 billion , an average of $36,072 each. The education side is an area of marketing to gain value for students and their family and friends to study in New Zealand as well as a key area for export earnings growth. The other way of getting money is the cruise side segment . It is a fast growing part of the New Zealand’s holiday market.The contribution of cruise 2013/14 season with the 202,722 passengers and 69,880 crew were $365.3 million.Air connectivity is also consider a sustainable growing international market demand . The growth of inbound passenger capacity

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