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NEW ZEALAND
NEW ZEALAND: That previous bullet makes for pretty grim reading when you note
that tourism is New Zealand's biggest export industry, contributing 20.4% of
total exports.
- Tourism generates a direct annual contribution to GDP of NZ$16.2 billion, or
5.8%, and a further indirect contribution of NZ$11.2 billion, another 4% of New
Zealand's total GDP.
- 229,566 people are directly and another 163,713 indirectly employed in tourism
in New Zealand - 14.4% of the total number of people employed in New Zealand.
- The annual GST paid by tourists is NZ$3.8 billion, including NZ$1.8 billion
collected from international visitors.
- All stats via Tourism Industry Aotearoa (sourcing Stats NZ in the year ending
March 2019)
MNI London Bureau | +44 0203-865-3809 | anthony.barton@marketnews.com
MNI London Bureau | +44 0203-865-3809 | anthony.barton@marketnews.com

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