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Reimagining New Zealand Tourism: Eight Essential Ways to Build Back Better (Part 2)
Part 2 of a two-part blog series. Read Part 1 here.
New Zealand is reimagining what tourism can look like. The COVID-19 pandemic has provided a unique opportunity to not only build back tourism in New Zealand – but to ‘build back better’.
5. Tourism Funding: the right resources driving the right outcomes
6. Value Add: the ‘halo’ effect and driving productivity, innovation
7. Measure What Matters: Quality over Quantity
8. For New Zealand: industry Structures that represent all stakeholders
5. Tourism Funding
Successful, sustainable tourism industries understand the full costs and benefits of tourism and have efficient ways to generate revenue to pay for its marketing and management. New Zealand has a highly centralized revenue system which is neither responsive to the growth of tourism nor the needs of local communities. Prior to the COVID-19,
Reimagining New Zealand Tourism: Eight Essential Ways to Build Back Better (Part 1)
See the related blog post: “8 Ways to Build a More Sustainable Future for Tourism”
Part 1 of a two-part blog series. Read Part 2 here.
As in many parts of the world, New Zealand is reimagining what tourism can look like. The COVID-19 pandemic has provided a unique opportunity to not only build back tourism in New Zealand – but to “build back better.”
By early 2000, the New Zealand tourism industry was generating significant financial returns to the country but had growing environmental impacts, persistent seasonality pressures and was failing to deliver widely shared benefits throughout the nation.
The New Zealand’s Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment summed up many of these concerns in a December 2019 report entitled
Creative Strategies for Marketing Road Trips
As mandatory travel restrictions have eased in some parts of the country, Americans are looking for safe ways to get out and explore. Naturally, a good old-fashioned road trip comes to mind. In fact, Longwoods recently found that among Americans who are planning to travel, the majority (61%) will travel by car.
Many destinations are eager tap into this trend, so travelers are currently being flooded with road trip marketing. How do you cut through all the noise and set your destination apart? Read on for ideas on how to delve deeper into the “why” behind road trips and get creative in your targeting and storytelling strategies.
Last-Minute Plans
Data across several booking engines suggests that the majority of travelers are currently
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