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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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A New Zealand Tourism Campaign Is Calling Out Travelers for Taking Basic Instagram Photos


No more lavender fields or mountain peaks! New Zealand is ready for some fresh perspectives.
In a new campaign video, the country s tourism agency is asking people to stop copying social media influencers photos at popular destinations and instead discover new spots to enjoy.
The tongue-in-cheek video called Travelling Under the Social Influence, shows comedian Tom Sainsbury as a member of the Social Observation Squad, patrolling the country s top tourist spots for people taking cliché photos.
I ve been alerted to a situation that s been happening a lot lately, Sainsbury says in the video. People have been seeing those photos on social media and are going to great lengths to copy them. ....

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