The Ticker hears from the operator’s new sales and marketing executive, who is also new to tourism and NZ as well.
Seventy years ago today, Kiwi Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay reached the summit of Mt Everest. Now, mountaineering is hugely popular and commercial but that has come with consequences, write tourism researchers.
The Civil Aviation Authority is encouraging the skydive community to proactively report incidents and near misses to improve safety.
It is the iwi’s fourth deal in tourism after it entered the industry in 2017, making it one of Taupō’s most significant operators.
ZipTrek Eco Tours is closing for 10 weeks while $200m in renovations to the Skyline Gondola are made.
Today is the final day for submissions on the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment’s draft amendments to the Health and Safety at Work (Adventure Activities) regulations.
Christchurch Adventure Park says it is “disappointed” in the Court of Appeal decision to uphold a High Court ruling that found the operator’s chairlift helped spread the 2017 Port Hills fires.
Operators have just over a week to submit on the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment’s draft amendments to the Health and Safety at Work (Adventure Activities) regulations.
The charges relate to the death of a British skydiver Sarah-Jayne Bayram, who was part of a group taking part in a sunset jump last year.
Cardrona and Treble Cone are aiming to cut visitor numbers during peak periods.
A kayaker has died near Jackson Bay and Ohaaku in Haast.
The Ropes & Thrills Rotorua attraction, set to launch in November 2023, is a prime investment opportunity for those looking to take advantage of New Zealand’s growing tourism industry.
But the voluntary administrators say season pass promotion is on hold due to uncertainty over the future of ski at Mt Ruapehu.
Crankworx Summer Series will showcase four iconic South Island biking destinations in March.
Six operators have been recognised in National Geographic Traveller’s six best adventures in New Zealand.
The operator’s new regional GM says it is seeing “pleasantly strong” bookings.
Cardrona, Central Otago, Queenstown and Wānaka are set to host the Crankworx Summer Series of mountain biking events in 2023.
The iwi-owned operator says there has been a strong uptick in bookings for the coming year.
A sold-out event in Queenstown brought mindfulness, connection, nature and adventure together in a unique treehouse meditation session and zipline experience.
A drive into North America during the pandemic has helped the Queenstown-based operator through Covid.
Queenstown’s Ziptrek Ecotours is holding a mindfulness event to be held in the trees on Saturday 29 October.
The new operator requirements form part of the govt’s response to the Whakaari/White Island tragedy.
Active Adventures has spruced up its signature travel experience, formerly known as Rimu.
Adventure South has launched new products aimed at encouraging travellers to take part in challenging, multi-activity adventures across the breadth of the South Island.
Mountain bikers could be generating more than $200m in annual visitor spend in the region in four years.
Maritime New Zealand and the New Zealand Commercial Jet Boating Association have unveiled new guidance to promote common standards for jet boat maintenance and improve safety on and off the water.
Ziptrek Ecotours says it is honoured to have won the Tourism Export Council of New Zealand’s award for the New Sustainability Initiative.
The owner operator is retiring after 20 years in tourism, just as the experience preps to come out of hibernation.
There’s little room to increase prices in an unpredictable environment, says the skydive and scenic flight operator.
The RTO’s GM will join the national tourism group in August.
The school holidays are giving operators a lift but it’s not all smooth sailing during the crucial business period.
With a focus on having a laugh, a new venture aims to leave guests smiling.
Ngāi Tahu Tourism says its wants to have half of its jet boat fleet electric by 2030.
Rotorua Ziplines, a venture between an operator and local iwi, offers a 2.5-hour trip and a reforestation mission.
TAIC is calling on the commercial jet boat industry to address the risk of single points of failure, following an accident that injured two people.
Skydive Queenstown has appointed Martin Langford to the role of national sales manager.
Specific volcano traits could form the basis of a new eruption warning system.
The operator has made a raft of changes to help prevent a similar incident from happening again.
Skydive Auckland says it is “deeply saddened” by the loss of a skydiver, who died on Thursday evening.
But a proposed new Great Walk through the area could be an “exciting” boost, says Adam Hughes.
One of the country’s iconic tourism businesses suffers an “incredibly disruptive” cyberattack.
But pickings are slimmer on the West Coast, particularly further south.
Regions that rode the “do something new” tourism wave last summer are not benefitting as much but there have been bright spots.
The surge of waves that hit Northland on Saturday night has affected the berths of around 40 boats at the Tutukaka marina but one tourism operator managed to escape direct damage.
The recent fine weather is proving just the medicine for tourist-starved operators with outdoor offerings in Rotorua and Taupo, with one operator setting a new visitor record.
Only 11% of New Zealand’s marine ecotourism operators saw an increase in revenue in the year to May 2021, according to a new report from the Sustainable Seas National Science Challenge.
Moves to overhaul conservation legislation over the next four years will help tourism operators work better with the country’s natural resources, says Tourism Industry Aotearoa.
Around 20 operators are involved in reviving an adventure tourism qualification at Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology’s Rotorua campus in a bid to meet a shortage of outdoor tourism staff.
All visitors to Ngāi Tahu Tourism’s attractions across the country will have to show proof of vaccination from Friday 3 December.
The marine ecotourism sector has great potential to link back to community and local economic development, says Sustainable Seas National Science Challenge project co-leader Professor Simon Milne at AUT.
