The Monthly Data Snapshot is available at the end of each month. It provides members with access to topline information regarding the prior month's performance, based on the datasets available. Insights have been gathered from the Visitor Insights Dashboard on the Member B2B site (login reqiuired). The dashboard provides members with one convenient location for publicly available tourism data, purchased data and RTO-led research.

In August 2025, the Wānaka region recorded 279,510 visitor days, a 3.3% increase on August 2024. Domestic visitors made up 60% of total days, while international visitors accounted for 40%. Commercial guest nights fell 5% to 60,300 while visitor spend for the month reached $31.4 million, 6.2% lower than August 2024, but a reminder that this data set does not capture any online bookings or cash transactions. This figure is based on only on electronic card transactions processed through Wānaka terminals only and is increasingly under-representative as booking and payment channels shift. DQ and LWT continue to advocate for the reinstatement of a dataset that more accurately captures total visitor expenditure.

The monthly cumulative visitor estimates represent the total number of daily visitors counted over a month, regardless of whether visitors stay for multiple days. For example, if someone visits for three days, they are counted three times in the cumulative estimate. Note: Vistr are currently investigating issues that may be leading to an overstatement of international visitor counts in recent data (October 2024 onwards) which could be leading to an exaggerated vs prior year increase. The absolute international visitor counts and vs prior year metrics should be interpreted with caution. 

Source: Vistr Visitor Volume Estimates. 1- 31 August 2025. vs prior year - percentage change vs same month 2024.

Source: Vistr Visitor Volume Estimates. 1 January 2022 -  31 August 2025.

Visitor expenditure refers to money spent on tourism-related expereinces and services while in Wānaka. DQ and LWT uses Marketview visitor spend figures as our expenditure measure. Marketview visitor expenditure is based on visitor in-person card transactions and does not include estimates for cash, online transactions and app based payments, therefore is not fully representitive of total visitor expenditure. Note: this source is not adjusted to account for inflation.

Source: Worldline/Marketview Tourism Data. 1 - 31 August 2025. vs prior year - percentage change vs same month 2024.

Source: Worldline/Marketview Tourism Data. 1 January 2019 - 1 - 31 August 2025. 

Source: Worldline/Marketview Tourism Data. 1 - 31 August 2025. 

Source: Worldline/Marketview Tourism Data. 1 - 31 August 2025. 

The total guest nights and occupancy rates for commercial accommodation in the region gathered from properties participating in the Accommodation Data Programme.

Source: Accommodation Data Programme. 1 - 31 August 2025. vs prior year: percentage change vs same month 2024.

Source: CAM (Jan - Sept 2019), Accommodation Data Programme (June 2020 onwards). 1 January 2019 - 31 August 2025

SEPTEMBER 2023 - AUGUST 2025 (LAST 24 MONTHS)

Source: Accommodation Data Programme. 1 September 2023 - 31 August 2025.

Non commercial accommodation data is drawn from AirDNA. It provides insights into the total number of property nights in non-commercial/ short term rental accommodation providers. Note: property listing nights represent the number of properties/ listings booked, not the number of beds or guest nights.

Source: AirDNA. 1 - 31 August 2025. vs prior year: percentage change vs same month 2024.

Source: AirDNA. 1 May 2022 - 31 August 2025.