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Tonga tourism learns lessons after Survivor pull-out
The CEO of Tonga's Ministry of Tourism says valuable lessons have been learned after Vava'u was dropped as a venue for the filming of the Survivor reality TV show. Sakopo...
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French Polynesia's President wants a different style of tourism for the territory
The French Polynesian President says he is worried about the territory's tourism industry in light of the imminent closure of the Sofitel Maeva Beach Hotel. The hotel is to shut...
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Fiji tourism body seeks funds to counter drop in visitor numbers
The Fiji Visitors Bureau says it needs at least 12-million US dollars in its 2008 budget to help boost visitor arrivals. Fiji's critical tourism industry has not been able to...
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Palau tourism records a drop in visitor numbers last month
Palau's tourism officials say they recorded an 11.86 percent drop in visitor numbers for March compared to the March 2008 tourist figures. According to the Palau Visitors Authority last month,...
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Adventure tourism safety
Audio 25 Aug 2009Is adventure tourism getting to dangerous? Maritime New Zealand's manager of investigations, Tourism Industry Association advocacy manager and father of Emily Jordan, who was killed in a river… Audio
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Tourists encouraged to come back to Hawke's Bay
Hawke's Bay was one of the most affected areas when Cyclone Gabrielle arrived in February. Hawke's Bay Tourism Chief Executive Hamish Saxton talks to Jesse about how visitors can help the region… Audio
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Coronavirus: Queenstown counting on domestic tourism
Audio 31 Mar 2020Queenstown will have to try to sustain itself on domestic tourism as it looks towards a future with no international tourists arriving.
Otago University epidemiologist Michael Baker says the spread… Audio
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Multiple reasons for stagnant Fiji tourism says Visitors Bureau
Fiji's Visitors Bureau says there are many reasons why the country's tourism market is stagnant. New Zealand downgraded its travel advisory from high to some risk last month, while Australia...
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Samoa tsunami reconstruction shifts tourism operators into formal sector
The chair of Samoa's Tourism Tsunami Rebuilding Project says it's shifted many resort owners from the informal to the formal business sector. Sina Retzlaff, who's also the immediate past president...
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WorkSafe reducing focus on adventure tourism activities
Audio 9 Aug 2022WorkSafe says a lack of funding is forcing it to reduce its focus on adventure tourism activities, which have been in the spotlight since the Whakaari eruption.
It also says funding pressure means… Audio
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Cook Islands tourism representative excited by bubble
Local businesses desperate to see tourists return are thrilled two way travel between NZ and the Cook Islands will resume on the May 17.
Liana Scott is the president of the Cook Islands Tourism… Audio
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Fiji tourism sector again pleads with interim government to remove emergency regulations
The Fiji Islands Hotel and Tourism Association is pleading with the interim government to remove the public safety regulation which, it says, is holding the industry back. The association's…
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A lower dollar and more Chinese feeds tourism boom
Official figures show close to 3-point 2 million tourists came here in the January year - a record high - bolstered by an influx of Chinese on holiday here for their New Year celebrations. Audio
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Migration and tourism bound to new highs in March
The country is expected to keep reaping the economic gains from record numbers of people coming here to live or take a holiday for some time yet, according to one economist. Audio
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'Smart' bins pulled after expected tourism drop in Marlborough
Rubbish bins that never overflow will be scrapped as the Covid-19 coronavirus triggers a nationwide drop in tourism.
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More tourism businesses will fold if level 2 limits travel - industry
The tourism industry is warning that if travel rules under alert level 2 aren't changed, thousands more jobs will be lost. Audio
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Concerns about Tonga's tourism industry on Ha'apai
A business owner on the Tongan island group of Ha'apai says he is concerned about the long-term impacts Cyclone Ian may have on the tourism industry and local businesses. The...
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Cook Islands plays down possible flow-on tourism effects from Indonesia bombing
The chief executive of the Tourism Corporation in the Cook Islands, Chris Wong, says the recent bombings in Bali are not likely to lead to more visitors to the Cook...
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Shotover Jet turns 60: From river ferry to iwi-led tourism icon
One of New Zealand's best-known adventure rides is celebrating six decades of adventure, iwi pride, and sustainability on the Kimiākau Awa. Audio
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Tourism NZ on reopening NZ border, self-isolation requirements
Fortress New New Zealand is finally opening up - but it will be several months before we can expect to see backpackers return - and another nine months before the borders are fully open.
The… Video, Audio
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Return of lorikeet seen as boon for Cooks tourism
A hotel owner in the Cook Islands says a newly established colony of the endangered Rimitara lorikeet on Atiu might encourage eco-tourism on the island. The birds died out in...
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New Zealand considers how it call help foster tourism in Solomon Islands
The New Zealand Foreign Minister Murray McCully has looked at how New Zealand can help the fledgling tourism industry in Western Province in Solomon Islands. Mr McCully spent yesterday in...
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Flying sky high to snap the Southern Lights
Dunedin tourism officials are looking to the skies for a boost in visitor numbers, with plans for a special night flight to see the Southern Lights.
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'It's just a misunderstanding' - Life in a peaceful country with war on its doorstep
The Detail's Sharon Brettkelly visits Jordan, where the tourism industry propping up the country's economy has been all but decimated by the war in neighbouring Israel.
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Call for Solomons' to focus on developing tourism activities
The Ministry of Tourism in Solomon Islands' says a lot more effort needs to be focussed on developing tourist activities. The ministry's deputy director, Barney Sivoro, says the Central Province...
