The National Party is calling on the government to add a six-month extension to all working holiday visas that are due to expire this year.
Immigration Minister Michael Woods must listen to businesses that are struggling to find labour and urgently address the country’s critical worker shortages, says National Party immigration spokesperson Erica Stanford.
Poto Williams has been appointed conservation minister, with Kiri Allan moving to justice.
National Party Covid-19 response spokesperson Chris Bishop is calling on the government to drop pre-departure testing requirements for incoming visitors “right now”.
The government and Immigration Minister Kris Faafoi have put a “handbrake” on the tourism industry because of their failure to attract skilled workers from overseas, according to the National Party.
ACT party leader David Seymour is calling on the government to explain why it has chosen to stagger the border reopening.
The Auditor General’s Report on the Strategic Tourism Asset Protection Programme confirmed that this Labour government has been biased and unfair, says National tourism spokesperson Todd McClay.
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The government needs to bring forward isolation-free travel for vaccinated and tested visitors before more tourism businesses close, says National’s tourism spokesperson, Todd McClay.
National Party’s tourism spokesperson says the minister won’t decide how the sector is shaped in the recovery – industry will.
The government is abandoning the NZ tourism industry, says the National Party’s Todd McClay.
The ACT Party is calling on the Government to make changes to restrictions for outdoor events, saying the same rules should not be applied for indoor and outdoor events at venues of different sizes.
Kiwis need to know what support is available for struggling industries, when gathering limits on hospitality will be removed, and when vaccine passes will no longer be required, says the National Party.
The National Party has criticised the government’s Omicron response, saying New Zealand needs to reopen to the world.
ACT leader David Seymour says the events sector should be given the wage subsidy to compensate for losses after the shift into the red setting.
The ACT Party is calling on the Government to end its “ban on travel” to New Zealand.
MIQ should be scrapped for double-vaccinated arrivals now, says the National Party.
Rotorua MP Todd McClay has fallen out of the National Party’s shadow cabinet following new leader Chris Luxon’s reshuffle.
The government’s tourism Industry Transformation Plan shows it is unaware of the harm being done to the sector, says Todd McClay.
The National Party is launching a petition to end the managed isolation and quarantine system.
The Green Party hopes to enable tenants and landlords to backdate any adjustments in rent due during Covid-19 alert levels 3 and 4 under commercial leases to cover the full lockdown period.
Business Events Industry Aotearoa has welcomed the National Party’s plan to create a government fund for events industry insurance cover.
The Back in Business plan also includes $100 ‘dine & discover’ vouchers to help hospo, accom, and tourism.
Tourism operators around the country need more support and more specifics as the loss of the Auckland market renders businesses untenable, says Todd McClay.
Opposition parties have released border re-opening plans that focus on a move away from eradication to containing Covid-19 but refrain from setting specific dates for lifting border restrictions.
The extension of Copvid-19 alert level 4 settings for Auckland and level 2 elsewhere into next week will be the final straw for many businesses, says National’s Todd McClay.
The ACT Party says progress on proof of Covid-19 vaccination for travel purposes is too slow and will run into problems with verification due to the lack of requirement to show identification during the inoculation process.
The National Party says the government does not understand the severity of conditions under the new level 2 rules that hospitality businesses face.
Both PMs are expected to meet tourism leaders at the hard hit destination.
Tourism minister Stuart Nash has taken three briefings specifically related to bed taxes, says the ACT Party.
Around 42,000 Kiwis have signed the National Party’s call to open the trans-Tasman bubble petition.
Nash says he is “deeply concerned” about the situation unfolding in these five destinations.
Tourism minister Stuart Nash outlines his vision for tourism once international visitors returns which would include policy and sectoral changes.
The National Party has launched a petition calling on the Government to get a move on with the trans-Tasman travel bubble.
The Green Party has called on all political parties to embrace the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment Simon Upton’s Not 100% – but four steps closer to sustainable tourism report.
The Government must urgently redirect support to the ailing tourism sector, says National’s tourism spokesperson, Todd McClay.
The Government must immediately release its reports into how Covid infected three people at the Pullman Auckland, says National’s Covid response spokesperson, Chris Bishop.
Ricardo Menéndez March, a list MP, took over the tourism spokesperson role from Gareth Hughes.
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National’s tourism spokesperson Todd McClay has said his party will ensure there are no new taxes for the tourism sector and would stop any attempt to introduce a regional bed tax, including one in Queenstown.
The document sketches out the party’s ambitions for the sector.
ACT leader David Seymour on how the party plans to support tourism.
NZ First’s tourism spokesperson says the party is committed to partnering with the tourism sector.
The Greens want to limit road congestion and noise pollution at New Zealand’s scenic hotspots.
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NZ First’s tourism spokesperson on how it plans to help drive up revenue for the industry.
The National Party says in its ‘Supporting our tourism sector’ policy that it will help the industry rebuild.
The Green Party’s tourism spokesperson lays out her vision for the sector.
STAPP, trans-Tasman travel, and even TNZ’s “dry” domestic campaign were canvassed in a lively event at the resort.
