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ME005 Number of cruise voyages in New Zealand waters

New Zealand has experienced a rapid increase in cruise voyages, driven by both the growing popularity of cruising worldwide and the growing popularity of New Zealand as a tourist destination.

Definition	Number of voyages by cruise vessels in New Zealand waters in the season ending 30 June each year. Figures include all cruise voyages, regardless of origin or destination.
Nature of data	Quantitative
Primary source	Annual reports on cruise tourism's contribution to the New Zealand economy prepared by Market Economics for the New Zealand Cruise Association and unpublished data provided by the New Zealand Cruise Association.
Custodian of data	Ministry of Transport
URL	2004/05-2010/11 Unpublished data provided by the New Zealand Cruise Association 2011/12: https://www.tourismnewzealand.com/media/1897/cruise_new_zealand_2012_economic_impact_report.pdf, Table 3.1 2012/13: https://www.tourismnewzealand.com/media/1896/cnz_2013_full_report_final.pdf, Table 4.1 2013/14: https://www.poal.co.nz/about-us/Documents/CNZ%202014%20Summary%20Report.pdf, p. 7 2014/15: https://www.tourismnewzealand.com/media/2076/2014-2015-cruise-nz-summary-economic-impact-report.pdf, Table 4 2015/16: unpublished report: 'Economic Impact of the 2015–2016 Cruise Sector in New Zealand and Forecasts to 2018', Full Report, Table 6, provided by the New Zealand Cruise Association. 2016/17: https://www.tourismnewzealand.com/media/3152/cruise-tourism-contribution-to-the-new-zealand-economy-2017.pdf, Figure 2.1 2017/18: https://newzealandcruiseassociation.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Cruise-Tourisms-Contribution-to-the-New-Zealand-Economy-2018-FINAL.pdf, Figure 2.1
Frequency	Annual
Disaggregation	National
Quality of the data	Reliable
Next Update	September

ME013 Number of unique cruise passengers (thousands)

The number of passengers undertaking a cruise in New Zealand, has grown by around 13% per annum, which is much faster than the rate of growth in the industry globally.¹

¹ https://newzealandcruiseassociation.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Cruise-Tourisms-Contribution-to-the-New-Zealand-Economy-2018-FINAL.pdf, p. 1.

Definition	Both sets of figures count unique passengers in each year ending 30 June, with controls to count passengers that undertake multiple voyages only once. For the Stats NZ figures, these are based on unique passport numbers taken from Advanced Passenger Information data sourced from Customs NZ, as supplied by cruise ships . The only difference in the NZ Cruise Association/Market Economics figures is that they also capture passengers on domestic voyages (e.g. comedy cruises, wine and food cruises and some Sub Antarctic cruises), who do not pass through immigration control.
Nature of data	Quantitative
Primary source	NZ Cruise Association/Market Economics: Annual reports on cruise tourism's contribution to the New Zealand economy prepared by Market Economics for the New Zealand Cruise Association Stats NZ: Stats NZ cruise ship traveller and expenditure statistics
Custodian of data	Market Economics and Stats NZ
URL	NZ Cruise Association/Market Economics: 2002/03-2015/16: unpublished report: 'Economic Impact of the 2015–2016 Cruise Sector in New Zealand and Forecasts to 2018', Full Report, Table 13, provided by the New Zealand Cruise Association 2016/17: https://www.tourismnewzealand.com/media/3152/cruise-tourism-contribution-to-the-new-zealand-economy-2017.pdf, Figure 2.2 2017/18: https://newzealandcruiseassociation.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Cruise-Tourisms-Contribution-to-the-New-Zealand-Economy-2018-FINAL.pdf, Figure 2.2 Stats NZ (all years): https://www.stats.govt.nz/assets/Uploads/Cruise-ship-traveller-statistics/Cruise-ship-traveller-statistics-June-2018/CSV/cruise-ship-traveller-and-expenditure-statistics-year-ended-june-2018.xlsx
Frequency	Annual
Disaggregation	National
Quality of the data	Reliable
Next Update	September

ME006 Cruise passenger port-days by region

Although Auckland, Southland, and Otago have recently received the most cruise passengers, cruise passengers are reasonably well distributed across a number of ports.

Definition	Number of passenger port days in each port (= number of passengers on vessel x number of days vessel was in port) for season ending 30 June. Passengers on cruises calling at multiple ports are counted at each port. Data is rounded to nearest 100 passengers; ports with less than 3 vessel days are shown as zero to preserve confidentiality.
Nature of data	Quantitative
Primary source	Annual reports on cruise tourism's contribution to the New Zealand economy prepared by Market Economics for the New Zealand Cruise Association.
Custodian of data	Ministry of Transport
URL	2011/12: https://www.tourismnewzealand.com/media/1897/cruise_new_zealand_2012_economic_impact_report.pdf, p. ii 2012/13: https://www.tourismnewzealand.com/media/1896/cnz_2013_full_report_final.pdf, Table 6.1 2013/14: https://www.poal.co.nz/about-us/Documents/CNZ%202014%20Summary%20Report.pdf, p. 7 2014/15: unpublished report: 'Economic Impact of the 2014–2015 Cruise Sector in New Zealand and Forecasts to 2017', Full Report, Table 4, provided by the New Zealand Cruise Association 2015/16: unpublished report: 'Economic Impact of the 2015–2016 Cruise Sector in New Zealand and Forecasts to 2018', Full Report, Table 6, provided by the New Zealand Cruise Association 2016/17: https://www.tourismnewzealand.com/media/3152/cruise-tourism-contribution-to-the-new-zealand-economy-2017.pdf, Appendix A 2017/18: https://newzealandcruiseassociation.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Cruise-Tourisms-Contribution-to-the-New-Zealand-Economy-2018-FINAL.pdf, Appendix A
Frequency	Annual
Disaggregation	National
Quality of the data	Reliable
Next Update	September

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ME005 Number of cruise voyages in New Zealand waters

ME013 Number of unique cruise passengers (thousands)

ME006 Cruise passenger port-days by region