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What’s going on with tourism expenditure estimates?
🕓 7 min read
9 Jul 2026
Regional tourism estimates are – or at least were – a critical performance measure for regional tourism sectors. MBIE recently introduced a new edition of the monthly regional tourism estimates (MRTE). In this weeks’ insight, we go through the storied history of tourism expenditure estimates, and highlight what is wrong with the latest series.
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