Summer Roundup: Wednesday 13 January

13th January 2021 By Staff Reporter | news@tourismticker.com | @tourismticker

Off the Kaikōura coast. Image: TT

The Ticker resumes publishing articles again on its website on Monday 11 January and its daily Morning Bulletin industry newsletter for tourism professionals returns on Monday 18 January.

National

Five things New Zealand is missing as a tourist destination
Stuff

New ghost town warning as Franz waits for flood funds
RNZ

Analysts downgrade Tourism Holdings on disappointing summer demand
NBR (sub)

Ask the experts: Regional tourism’s rising stars
NZ Herald

Government expands pre-departure Covid-19 testing rules
RNZ

Strict new border rules as New Zealand fights to hold back new Covid strains
Stuff

Far North iwi say they’ve euthanised dolphins injured by boaties
TVNZ

Retailers get behind hotel plan, but warn against potential car park ‘catastrophe’
Stuff

Airways NZ could provide control tower service through renegotiation
Stuff

Airline disputes disgruntled woman’s account of cherry incident
ODT

New tracks and upgrades for Fox township
Wilderness

Rydges Wellington Airport: Watch Wellington’s wild landings from bed
Stuff

Wachner Place ideal spot for Invercargill’s museum, council by-election candidate says
Stuff

Historic hotel set to go on market
ODT

Lake Ōhau blaze: Popular campsite remains closed for the summer as trees felled
Timaru Herald

Alleged hotpool assault: no pleas entered by men charged
Stuff

NZ coastline teeming with sharks – here’s where they’re all congregating
NZ Herald

International

Crashed Indonesian plane’s ‘black box’ retrieved
Reuters

Covid-19: New test rule for UK arrivals from Friday
BBC

US to require negative COVID-19 tests for international air passengers
Reuters

Qantas COVID vaccine rule slammed by World Travel and Tourism Council
News.com.au

Australians more concerned about uncertain travel than catching COVID-19
News.com.au

Travel Decline Prompts Largest Drop in U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions Since World War 2
Reuters

Casino mogul and political donor Sheldon Adelson dead at 87
BBC

Sheldon Adelson’s Legacy Changed Resorts and Casinos Forever
Skift

Gorillas at US zoo contract Covid-19, possibly first known cases among primates
AP

Dubai’s Open-City Policy Saw Hotel Bookings Surge in December
Bloomberg

Mexico sees holiday bump in tourism amid pandemic surge
ABC

Jordanian sentenced to death over knife attack at tourist site
Reuters

Portugal’s tourism-dependent Algarve suffers its worst year
Reuters

Boeing limps into 2021 with more 737 MAX cancellations, delayed 787 deliveries
Reuters

Naomi Campbell’s Kenya tourism role causes row
BBC

United Airlines aims to suck carbon dioxide from the friendly skies
Washington Post

How tours, activities and attractions can future-proof operations following a rollercoaster ride
PhocusWire

The Coveted Jet Built for the Economics of the Pandemic
Skift

Emirates reveals new first, business, premium and economy class cabins
Newshub

Four More Cruise Ships Expected to Leave Carnival Corp. Fleet
CIN

The tourists who believe travel restrictions don’t apply to them
CNN