There’s little appetite for an additional tourism levy at central government level.
Tourism Holdings and SkyCity say New Zealand is losing tourism ground to Australia, which is ‘as cheap as it’s ever been’ in relative terms.
Chinese tourist numbers remain down 44%, with a direct loss of $1.23 billion to NZ tourism coffers.
Removing ‘overly cautious’ pharmaceutical advertising prohibitions could be a $30m annual shot in the arm as the Auckland convention centre comes on stream, business events sector says.
Tail of the Covid pandemic border closures is proving to be a lengthy one.
There’s about zero chance of a GST exclusion for inbound tourism operators despite a sympathetic ear by Tourism Minister Louise Upston.
US airlines could be forced to deploy excess capacity into markets like Australia and New Zealand, says airline body.
Biofouling concerns and a difficult and expensive regulatory regime has set the NZ cruise season back seven years, industry says.
An influx of production crew and other US visitors has been a factor in pushing up Queenstown’s hotel rates to record levels.