New Zealand tourism to target MICE and high-spending tourists

Conference and convention visitors are particularly valuable as they spend 318 dollar per day on average, compared to 208 dollar for the average tourist

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New Zealand Prime Minister and tourism minister John Key recently released details of budget initiatives for tourism, which includes a good 34 million dollar for business events and 20 million dollar to attract very high-value visitors to their country.

As part of a larger internationally-focused growth package, the government is investing an additional 158 million dollar in tourism this year to attract high-spending visitors to their country as per a TOI report. 

"Over the past decade, visitor numbers have been increasing but spend per visitor has fallen. As well as attract more visitors to New Zealand, we need to target business travellers," said Key.

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