Dunedin figures are below five other cities, information that has left Tourism Industry Aotearoa (TIA) chief executive Chris Roberts wondering why the city was not performing better. Both Dunedin Mayor Dave Cull and Enterprise Dunedin director John Christie, however, question the figures. Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment figures showing the lower spending growth in Dunedin drew comment at the Trenz tourism industry event in Dunedin this week, and Mr Christie yesterday released figures Enterprise Dunedin had commissioned. They showed Dunedin had the slowest spending growth of major cities in the last year, and the past decade, but 11% tourism employment growth. Rather, the review was signalled after Tourism Dunedin was closed four years ago and Enterprise Dunedin took over its work.

Source: Otago Daily Times May 11, 2018 17:37 UTC