" WELLINGTON Pirates Dave Parker Jersey , Sept. 12 (Xinhua) -- There were 39 million guest nights spent in short-term commercial accommodation in New Zealand in the year ended July 2017, an increase of 1.3 million on the previous July year, the country's statistic department Stats NZ said on Tuesday.
The month of July 2017 was relatively quiet, with a modest increase in guest nights of 1.4 percent compared with July 2016, Stats NZ said Pirates Barry Bonds Jersey , adding that both international and domestic guest nights had small increases.
The July month caught the tail end of the Lions rugby tour with matches in Wellington and Auckland following eight matches in June, it said.
""The effect of the Lions tour on international guest nights hasn't been as visible in July as it was in June,"" accommodation statistics manager Melissa McKenzie said in a statement.
Motels benefited the most from the increase in international guest nights. International visitors spent 13.9 percent more nights in motels in July 2017 than in July 2016, McKenzie said, adding that motel international guest nights have now been increasing for two years when compared with the same month of the previous year.
Of all the regions Pirates Bill Mazeroski Jersey , guest nights increased the most in the Bay of Plenty, up 5.4 percent in July 2017 compared with July 2016, according to Stats NZ.
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KHARTOUM, Sept. 26 (Xinhua) -- The United States on Tuesday urged the Sudanese government to launch a transparent investigation into recent clashes in a camp for the internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Darfur region.
""The United States is deeply concerned by the excessive use of force by government forces in the Sept. 22 clashes with the internally displaced persons at Kalma camp in South Darfur,"" said U.S. Embassy in Khartoum in a statement.
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Sudanese security forces reportedly fired upon the IDPs during a protest, resulting in five deaths of both men and women and more than 26 injured, it added.
The U.S. further stressed the importance for the Sudanese government forces to respond to protests with restraint, even if provoked.
It also called on civilians to protest peacefully and to avoid any physical confrontation with security forces.
The United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) announced that at least three IDPs were killed and 26 others injured in the clashes between government forces and IDPs, who protested in Kalma IDP camp in South Darfur in protesting a visit by Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir to the camp.
The Kalma camp was established in February 2004 in Bileil Pirates Josh Harrison Jersey , some 15 km east of Nyala, the capital city of South Darfur State.
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