Nationally Hotel, Motel, & Holiday Parks guests numbers in January 2010 were up 4.4 per cent on the same month last year. Boosted especially by international travellers. Eleven of the 12 regions recorded more guests nights in January than a year earlier. According to Statistic N.Z. . More foreign tourists are now travelling by themselves rather than on coach tours.

The accommodation survey records guests staying in hotels,motels,backpackers & holiday parks in New Zealand each month. Hotel guests nights were up 80,000 or 8 percent in January from last year, holiday parks rose 51,000 or 3 percent, motels gained 30,000 or 3 per cent & back packers were up 26,000 or 5 per cent.

The figures show that 2010 has started better than last year.