RTONZ - Charlie Ives

Exec Officer, Regional Tourism Organisations New Zealand. Prevous lives - NZTP staffer, House of Travel, Owner/Operator, Director Going Places Education.

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BUBBLE BACK ON! Quarantine-free travel between Australia and part of New Zealand restarted.

Quarantine-free travel between Australia and the South Island of New Zealand is ready to resume, Chief Medical Official Paul Kelly says.

https://t.co/ka4WAI8aPA

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Tourism businesses can no longer afford to ignore Kiwis.

A lot of people are saying “it’s all new” from a tourism marketing perspective. But they are forgetting that Kiwis have always been the largest segment, making up close to 60 per cent.

https://t.co/HHCodTSy3N

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Is New Zealand becoming too comfortable and complacent in its Covid 'fortress'?

Restaurants and bars across the country have been reporting a mix of issues relating to ongoing effects of the global pandemic, and restrictions controlling it.

https://t.co/RRj4V9vXJL

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Tourism NZ looks at new marketing strategy to encourage domestic travellers.

Tourism New Zealand predicts domestic visitor spending could increase by millions as it pitches for more Kiwis to travel in their own backyard.

https://t.co/YJR1H5Dq1v

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Why can't Coastal Pacific train be for tourism and public transport?

KiwiRail said it had no plans to change the service to make it more suitable for commuters - even when asked about the recent Climate Change Commission's report .

https://t.co/zXvqvIzjCm

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Cities like Venice, Amsterdam and Barcelona were in danger of suffocating under the weight of mass tourism. The pandemic was a respite. Now these cities are aiming to prevent overtourism in the future.

Can they succeed?

https://t.co/WPRRonvIWF

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AUS and NZ tourism campaigns go head-to-head.

It's been more than a month since Australia under-armed its tourism advertising campaign at New Zealanders, but it wasn't until this week that our tourism board got its equivalent up on its foils.

https://t.co/x5iH5waZcq

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New Zealand is hopeful that a recently opened travel bubble with Australia will rekindle its pandemic-battered tourism industry.

However, many are also seeing an opportunity to rethink how to make the sector more climate friendly.

https://t.co/jYzau19ozp

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Tourism After Lockdown: Travel Barriers

The twists and turns of the COVID-19 pandemic have contributed to seismic changes in tourism. These include the cessation of international travel, and shifting preferences when it comes to places to visit.

https://t.co/XNTYMMLc6v

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Reimagining travel means preventing tourism leakage.

Holiday spots with high tourism leakage are left to absorb the negative effects of tourism and no way to pay for the damage. Often, the local environment is also left in a vulnerable position.

https://t.co/lJiWE28ZoL

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Remote workers stay longer, and spark tourism recovery in some destinations.

Remote work is on the rise. Twitter, Shopify and Square are just a few of the many global companies shifting to a remote workforce indefinitely.

https://t.co/5XU0NGDl5l

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Pandemic gives locals chance to take ports back from tourists.

Key West and Juneau each see more than 1 million cruise ship passengers each year. That is until 2020, when the pandemic brought an abrupt halt to cruise travel.

https://t.co/ibOxtlUkJO

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An international airline lobby group, which includes Air New Zealand as a member, is calling on governments to give their citizens vouchers to spend on travel as a way to boost domestic tourism.

https://t.co/5hj6dmvs88

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Why banishing backpackers and targeting wealthy tourists would be a mistake for NZ

Raise your hand if you've ever travelled as a backpacker on a limited daily budget. Keep your hand up if you were made welcome in the places you visited on your OE.

https://t.co/1TyP3UXkg0

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New research commissioned by Tourism New Zealand has highlighted what is obvious to most companies operating in the sector.

Locals on holiday spend two times more than residents, but international visitors spend three times as much.

https://t.co/LwupQKm4HC

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Three international airports, one district: Flying in the face of reason or not?

The Queenstown Airport Corporation wants to expand at Frankton and develop Wanaka Airport , and Christchurch Airport wants to develop a new airport on farmland at Tarras.

https://t.co/vJY8xnrw69

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Parties agreed on need to aid sector’s recovery.

New Zealand’s tourism sector has been worse than decimated by the Covid-19 pandemic. At the past election, over-tourism was a hot topic.

https://t.co/OeuVBNZitc

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ACT tourism policy 'bold' but operators question uptake.

New Zealand is already taking risks allowing Kiwis to return, so why not rich Americans, ACT says. A Southland tourism operator says it's a bold move, but won't get the industry back on its feet.

https://t.co/TegI9bzqEH

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Last year tourism was New Zealand's number one export, but Covid-19 has brought it to its knees, after our borders essentially slammed shut back in March.

Labour's Kelvin Davis and National's Todd McClay join Lisa Owen to debate tourism policies.

https://t.co/yaQrFOEOIk

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As devastating as it has been, the pandemic has provided us with an opportunity to safeguard our natural national treasures, and become a world leader not just in sustainable, but in regenerative, tourism.

https://t.co/YkL1a9xem3