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Conservation Comment: Ups and downs in our great outdoors


Conservation Comment: Ups and downs in our great outdoors
1 Feb, 2021 03:02 PM
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Wanganui Tramping Club members tackle an informal track in Egmont National Park. Numbers visiting national parks have fallen. Photo / Supplied.
Wanganui Midweek
OPINION
An interesting development from the overseas tourist-free summer has been the increased interest of Kiwis in our great outdoors. The premier tramps, the Great Walks, have taken off but for some reason numbers in national parks have fallen.
A case in point is Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park where popular spots experienced a significant downturn in numbers. The national park, which to the year ending January 31, 2020, recorded more than one million visitors, has struggled with the lack of international tourists, as Covid-19 continues to have a major impact on the tourism industry. ....

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