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While the auditor-general probes the way tourism aid was handled, not all operators want the money they were offered.
Parliament’s environmental watchdog says the tourism industry has been carried and cosseted for too long, while its impact on the environment has been largely ignored. In a new report released yesterday, Simon Upton says it’s time for real action, not more marketing spin and hollow talk about “sustainability”. Mike White investigates how tourism has become a problem area, despite being a crucial part of New Zealand’s economy. Poor Simon Upton. Just three months after the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment released his first report into the looming calamity of tourism’s unbridled growth, New Zealand shut its borders, due to Covid-19.
Tourism New Zealand s Rene de Monchy on getting Kiwis travelling
11 Feb, 2021 04:43 AM
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Hot Water Beach on the Coromandel. Kiwis have flocked to the area. Photo / Supplied
Aviation, tourism and energy writer for the NZ Heraldgrant.bradley@nzherald.co.nz@gbradleynz
Almost a year since international travel was thrown into chaos, Tourism New Zealand s boss says Kiwis need a jolt to get out and see their own country. And René de Monchy says that although there is still plenty of international interest in this country, New Zealand can t use its handling of the pandemic so far as an overt marketing tool.
New Zealand Tells Tourists To Stop Copying Photos On Social Media
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The video stars comedian Tom Sainsbury posing as a member of the ‘Social Observation Squad’
It is part of the tourism board’s ‘Do Something New’ campaign to encourage domestic travel
New Zealand is yet to open its borders due to the COVID-19 pandemic
New Zealand is really really bored of the same old poses on Instagram posts, and has urged tourists to try something new. In a campaign video, the country’s tourism agency asked travelers to stop copying the photos they see on social media and discover new things to do.
Taranaki has entered 2021 hoping to move forward from the adversities covid brought in the previous year.
While industry insiders hope to leave any covid-related hardships in 2020, they are quite literally prepared for the worst.
Tara Shaskey reports. As countries begin rolling out vaccinations in a step towards ending the global coronavirus pandemic, Taranaki’s industry players are sitting tight, cautiously optimistic 2021 will be without the adversities of last. Even though the uncertainty looms, hotelier Daniel Fleming says his business learnt a lot during lockdown and is now better prepared to deal with the virus. “There’s no doubt we’re better performers all round, probably running more efficient businesses and that s something covid’s taught us,” the co-owner and general manager of King and Queen Hotel Suites says.
Tauranga tourism sector survives summer but braces for unknown
11 Jan, 2021 05:00 PM
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To Bay Explorer owner Brandon Stone s surprise, he s having a bumper summer - even without international tourists. We ve been out every day, weather permitting. Sea conditions have been really good. Animal life has been really good too, he said. I didn t know how it was going to go [after the borders closed due to Covid-19] but we ve found that people are active and I guess we are surprised we are filling the boat every day, or close to it.
New Zealand went into alert level 4 lockdown on March 25, and the country s borders have remained closed to tourism since, forcing the tourism sector to survive on the domestic market.