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The tourism industry is welcoming a new roadmap to reopen Aotearoa's borders next year, while bracing for more months without international visitors.

Mountain Scene July 10, 2021 By PHILIP  CHANDLER An Auckland investor’s paid an eye-watering $17 million for downtown Queenstown’s Bank of New Zealand building. The vendor was the family trust of local tourism operator Mark Quickfall and his wife Jackie, which had owned the Rees Street building for at least 13 years. Bayleys Queenstown sales consultant Chris Campbell, who brokered both this deal and the last one, calls it an exceptional sale given the effects of the global ...

Tourism businesses who lobbied for more time without paying DOC concession fees welcome Government’s decision to extend the waiver.

For Auckland hotelier Desmond Moraes, the culmination of the band and the bubble meant all 45 rooms in his central Parkside Hotel and Apartments were full on Saturday. "I think 90 per cent were people from Auckland wanting to stay in town and go and have a party. I saw lots of girls coming together and booking two or three rooms. "But we did notice a lot of Australian families checking in as well." Two days after the borders opened - the hotels receptionist couldnt keep up with calls, he sa...

Six60 waving to fans from the stage at Eden Park. Photo: Supplied/Six60 It was the first weekend since the trans-Tasman bubble opened, bringing the first visitors from outside New Zealand in more than a year. Last night at Eden Park - @SIX60 entering from the rugby changing rooms through the crowd to loud drums and cheers pic.twitter.com/QTIzao0TVs— Charlotte Ryan (@CharlotteRyanNZ) April 24, 2021 The show was Aucklands largest event since the trans-Tasman bubble opened and businesses welco...

The town has gone from being tourism's crown jewel to a community facing vitriol.

Queenstown businesses respond to online hate: Please be kind Tuesday, March 16, 2021 RNZ Queenstown has gone from being described as tourisms crown jewel to a community facing vitriol - and told its getting what it deserves. Businesses say its not just the iconic destination thats been in the cross-hairs of online hate, with the tourism sector also copping a lot of flak. Heres just a sample of some of the social media hate Queenstown businesses have faced recently: "Queenstown h...

Photo: 123rf Businesses say its not just the iconic destination thats been in the cross-hairs of online hate, with the tourism sector also copping a lot of flak. Heres just a sample of some of the social media hate Queenstown businesses have faced recently: "Queenstown have made their own bed and now they have to lie in it. No pity from someone who like everyone else was overcharged in that town." "Yes, we get it. Queenstown didnt have a Plan B and now the place is choking. Boo hoo. The whole g...

Conversation Minister Kiri Allan says help for tourism operators needs to be fair and equitable. Conservation Minister Kiri Allan said the department needed to balance a range of factors when it considered the fees. Discussions were under way on how to best assist tourism operators in a way that was fair and equitable, she said. “Future decisions will have to go to Cabinet for signoff and will be communicated after that.” Tourism Industry Aotearoa (TIA) chief executive Chris Roberts sai...

Domestic tourism spend not filling $6b hole left by lack of international travellers Monday, February 22, 2021 RNZ The tourism industry is struggling to fill a $6 billion hole left by international tourists who are unable to visit New Zealand during the summer months. Tourism Industry Aotearoa chief executive Chris Roberts says despite New Zealanders efforts this summer, it just cant compare to what international tourists bring in. He says last year, international visitors spent...