Ms Fagan said the high density of visitors to the Bay was no different to any other year for the long weekend.
Tauranga Tourist Park assistant manager Donna Hare said the park had a really good weekend with people queuing at the gates for accommodation.
"The ones who did (cancel) we managed to fill up again. We had people queuing up at the gate.
"There was so much happening this weekend that people had to commit to staying. There was the basketball, the BMX champs and the jazz festival."
People were not put off by the bad weather but were starting to head home yesterday, she said.
However, Sapphire Springs Holiday Park's Rachel Butterworth said only the accommodation side of their park was full.
"We have had lots of phone calls for accommodation right up and even on the day asking for accommodation."
The park had some cancellations due to the rain, but with people just postponing to next weekend, she said.