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Manawatū Visitor Statistics

CEDA works with Palmerston North City Council and Manawatū District Council to analyse visitor sector statistics. A number of sources are used including card spend data and the national Accommodation Data Programme

Total Visitor spend

Total spend
DOMESTIC
$308.8m
3.4% decrease compared to YE June 2024
INTERNATIONAL
31.2m
6.5% increase compared to YE June 2024
‘Electronic Card Transactions for Manawatū Region - Year End June 2025'

Top 5 categories of spend

categories of spend
‘Electronic Card Transactions for Manawatū Region - Year End June 2025 ’
DOMESTIC
33.6%
Retail sales other
19.1%
Retail sales - Alcohol, food & beverages
17.3%
Food & beverages, serving services
13.4%
Retail sales - fuel & other automotive products
8.8%
Other tourism Products
International
29.4%
Retail sales other
25.7%
Retail sales - Alcohol, food & beverages
17.0%
Food & beverages, serving services
11.9
Accommodation services

7.6
Retail sales - Alcohol, food & beverages

Visitor Spend by Origin

Spend by Origin
‘Electronic Card Transactions for Manawatū Region - Year End June 2025'
Top 5 domestic visitor markets by Spend
$134m
Manawatū-whanganui
$54m
Wellington
$29m
Auckland
$20m
Hawke's Bay
$18m
Waikato
Top 5 international visitor markets by Spend
$10.2m
USA
$6.9m
AUSTRALIA
$3.8m
UNITED KINGDOM
$2.8m
Rest of asia, excluding Japan, china and korea
$2.1m
Rest of EUROPE, excluding uk and germany

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National Data and Insights //

Tourism New Zealand
Tourism New Zealand
Tourism New Zealand’s tourism insights provide international visitor arrival trends and behavior and spend by region for both international and domestic visitors.
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MBIE
MBIE
The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment provides a range of tourism data, including the Tourism Recovery Dashboard.
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StatsNZ
StatsNZ
StatsNZ provide information about the tourism industry in New Zealand. Find out about spending by domestic and international visitors, spending by international students, employment and tourism’s contribution to GDP
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Domestic Growth Insight Tool (DGiT)
Domestic Growth Insight Tool (DGiT)
DGiT identifies which Kiwi leisure travellers you should target, when they want to visit, their motivation for travel, what else they want to do and their preferred type of accommodation. This FREE online tool can also suggest the best way to market to your target audience.
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Michelle Jurgens
Sector Development Senior - Visitor
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Janet Reynolds
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