Stuart Nash: Tourism Minister on overseas visitors spending more than $1 billion in three months to the end of September

International visitors have been spending up large in New Zealand. The latest International Visitor Survey shows in the three months to the end of September, overseas visitors spent more than $1 billion. The survey shows holidaymakers spent $479 million,  while visitors here to see friends or relatives spent nearly $300 million. The regions benefited as well, with the Tourism Electronic Card Transactions spend,  higher in eight regions than October 2019 levels pre-Covid. Tourism Minister Stuart Nash says the injection into the economy is likely to increase, as more international visitors travel over summer. LISTEN ABOVE  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.