Tourists spent $1.9 billion in the Bay of Plenty in the year to February 2018.
Monthly Regional Tourism Estimates released by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment today said this was up 7 per cent compared with the year to February 2017.
Ministry sector trends manager Mark Gordon said in the year to February 2018, international visitors spent $588m, up 9 per cent compared with the previous year and domestic tourists spent $1.3b, up 6 per cent.
"When it comes to the monthly expenditure, tourism spend in Bay of Plenty for the month of February 2018 is up 8 per cent compared with the month of February 2017," Gordon said.
New Regional Tourism Organisation fact sheets were also released today.