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New Zealand - the year so far

Best Web Hosting Despite challenging global events the New Zealand hotel industry has held up well so far during 2003. Preliminary August 2003 year-to-date figures from the New Zealand edition of the HotelBenchmark Survey by Deloitte & Touche reveals a 6.5 percent growth in revenue per available room (revPAR) for the country to NZ$91, driven entirely by growth in average room rates.

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Top Web Hosting Although both the North and South Island have seen an increase in revPAR compared to the same period in 2002, this growth has been stronger for hoteliers on the North Island who have seen revPAR increase by 8.1 percent. This has predominately been driven by the exceptional performance of Auckland during the first quarter of 2003, due to the hosting of the America's Cup.

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Web Hosting Companies Year-to-August 2003 figures from Statistics New Zealand show a four percent increase in international visitor arrivals compared to the same period the prior year. Unsurprisingly, arrivals from the SARS-affected and risk sensitive markets such as Japan continued to show the largest declines in visitor arrivals to the country, however Asia was the only region to show a year-to-date decline albeit of 1 percent. Arrivals from two of New Zealand's largest source markets, the United Kingdom and Australia, continued to remain positive increasing by 10.7 percent and 6.1 percent respectively.

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Web Site Design And Hosting Facing competition from the 'See Australia' campaign and the resurgence of marketing investment in Asia as a destination, Tourism New Zealand has recently implemented a new wave of the '100% Pure New Zealand' campaign. This commenced at the beginning of September and has encompassed magazine, online and outdoor advertising.

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Email Web Hosting Looking forward to the next quarter, the forthcoming Rugby World Cup hosted by Australia, might impact inbound tourism to New Zealand during October and November, as Australians may choose to defer travel plans and stay at home. However, it's not all bad news - since hotel prices in Australia are likely to increase during the World Cup, New Zealand may be able to lure the long-haul traveller market. The country is also likely to benefit from increased demand once the Rugby World Cup concludes.

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