Monthly Regional Tourism Estimates

7 December 2023

MBIE

The Monthly Regional Tourism Estimates (MRTEs) have been discontinued due to issues that have arisen from COVID-19.

The Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment (MBIE) has replaced the MRTEs series with an interim measure, the Tourism Electronic Card Transactions data series.

Tourism Electronic Card Transactions (TECTs) updates are published here on the TEIC.

Hover over a series to find out what RTOs and councils make up an area.

The Monthly Regional Tourism Estimates (MRTEs) provide estimates of regional monthly expenditure that indicate tourism's contribution to the national and regional economies. The MRTEs estimates are based on Tourism Electronics Card Transaction (TECT), Tourism Satellite Account (TSA), and International Visitor Survey (IVS) data. More information on MRTEs can be found on MBIE's website.

The latest files can be downloaded in the section below.

Download MRTE spreadsheets

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Related resources for MRTEs

Monthly Regional Tourism Estimates on MBIE website MRTE methodology MRTEs Q&A sheet Monthly Data Release TEIC resources