Year in Review

It’s a been a tough year but thankfully one with a strong recovery starting, so who stood out for us in 2022?

Here are our top stories of the year, as judged by the number of reader views.

It’s been another year of the sector being roiled by Covid, so who stood out for us in 2021?

It’s that time again, when we make our picks for the year’s standout contributors to tourism.

Here are our top stories of the year, as judged by the number of reader views.

After a quiet spring, activities and attractions operators fear visitation will collapse in February without a trans-Tasman bubble.

2020 was not the first time that Rotorua’s tourism industry has had to adapt to circumstances out of its control.

People in Ōtautahi Christchurch and Waitaha Canterbury are ready to do away with response and recovery, says ChristchurchNZ’s Loren Heaphy.

If ever a sporting analogy can be used to summarise a year then now is the time, writes the agency.

In a year that saw the Christchurch mosque attacks, the NZ International Convention Centre fire, some awful road accidents, extreme weather events, and the Whakaari / White Island tragedy, it feels like everything else pales in comparison for New Zealand’s tourism industry.

Opportunity seemed to beget challenge in 2019, says the RTO association’s executive officer.

The winner of the Marsh Tourism Industry Champion Award takes a look at this year’s challenges and achievements.

DOC’s Lou Sanson on the impact of climate change, changing visitor behaviour, and moving beyond sustainable tourism.