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February, 2010 Queenstown and Wanaka enjoyed a good start to the summer, with the two lakeside resort towns delivering record guest night numbers for December.Figures from Statistics New Zealand's Commercial Accommodation Monitor show the Wakatipu region recorded 218,194 bed nights for the month, up 24,000 nights, or 12.1 per cent, compared with the corresponding period in 2008. The increase was the largest in New Zealand, the country as a whole having recorded a 4.4 per cent increase of 137,000 nights for December. Queenstown's international and domestic guest nights were both up on December 2008, with jumps of 14.8 per cent (157,180 nights) and 5.8 per cent (61,014 nights), respectively. Figures also showed that hotel occupancy had also increased 13.8 per cent. Destination Queenstown chief executive Tony Everitt said the results reinforced the resort's position as a premier year-round holiday destination. Meanwhile, Wanaka experienced record numbers of visitor nights for December, with increases across both markets. A total of 63,870 visitors stayed in the town, up 30.5 per cent on December 2008. Most of that growth was from Kiwis taking holidays in the town, with domestic nights up 78 per cent. International nights rose 4.6 per cent.
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