René de Monchy: Tourism New Zealand CEO on the rising overseas visitor numbers reaching 86% of pre-Covid numbers

The Mike Hosking Breakfast

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The tourism sector's still fighting for pre-Covid numbers.

The most recent International Visitor Survey shows overseas visitor numbers have lifted by nearly 200 thousand over the past year – up 5%.

Their spending was up by around $500 million but is still only 86% of pre-Covid numbers.

Tourism New Zealand CEO René de Monchy told Mike Hosking they're pushing to get visitor numbers back up to pre-Covid levels by the end of next year.

He says a lot of overseas markets are competing for international visitors.

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