Summer Roundup: Thursday 14 January

14 Jan 2021  By Staff Reporter | news@tourismticker.com | @tourismticker

Lake Wānaka. 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

Govt stands by ‘travel bubble’ plan despite Covid outbreaks in Australia
The Guardian

Airlines warned that vaccines are not a solution to aviation industry’s woes
Stuff

Forsyth Barr says Tourism Holdings faces bumpy journey to recovery
NZ Herald (sub)

Tunnels reopen at Waiheke Island World War II fortress, Stony Batter
RNZ

Caravan owners concerned after Whangamata Motor Camp sells
BOP Times (sub)

Motel cancellation leaves speedway fans in the lurch
Stuff

Death at remote Kahurangi National Park hut
Stuff

Blue whale study finds special New Zealand connection
RNZ

Rāhui on dangerous Bay of Plenty waterfall to be lifted
Stuff

‘Worst timing’: Shed break-in, gear thefts frustrate Rotorua Trails Trust
RDP (sub)

Lucky escape for pilot after aircraft goes down near Dunedin
Stuff

Wanaka: small town with a big problem
NBR (sub)

Online market place launched to sell wines to would be foreign tourists
Stuff

Mall highlights Dunedin landmarks in display
ODT

The Lake House: Is this Canterbury’s best kept secret?
The Press

GO NZ: Hotel review – Cromwell’s Heritage Collection Lake Resort
NZ Herald

Drax Project, Broods to play Coronet Peak gig
ODT

International

Japan halts business travel and threatens to deport quarantine violators
Nikkei

‘Bleak’ times for aviation despite vaccine hype: IATA
AFR

Ryanair and Virgin Atlantic rated the worst airlines at dealing with refunds in 2020
The Guardian

‘Shocked, disheartened, devastated’: Restaurant and hotel workers reel as layoffs soar again
Washington Post

D.C.’s Hard Stop on Tourism Ahead of the Inauguration
Skift

At Washington Airports and Hotels: Anxiety and Tightened Security
NY Times

US Ski Tourism Faces a Boom or Bust Winter Season
News.com.au

IATA Travel Pass digital health solution to be rolled out to major airlines in March
PhocusWire

NSW residents stayed at hotel linked to dangerous new COVID-19 strain
SMH

Australia’s Qantas Airways lowers domestic capacity forecast for March quarter
Reuters

Guaranteed cheap flights to regional centres could attract more city dwellers to go bush
SMH

Brumbies are destroying Kosciuszko National Park and must be removed
SMH

Tellimer’s Malik: Massive Pent-Up Demand for Leisure Tourism in Dubai
Bloomberg

Positive signs for the cruise industry with strong bookings in 2022
Stuff

What You Need to Know for Traveling in 2021
WSJ

Venice is watching tourists’ every move
CNN

Tourists Behaving Badly – Are They Prompting A Tourism Backlash?
Forbes