Whale Watch Kaikoura receives tourism grant

Whale Watch Kaikoura receives tourism grant
Dan Brunskill
Kaikoura’s landmark tourism outfit, Whale Watch, has been given a $1.5 million grant from the government’s tourism support fund.Whale Watch Kaikoura is the third recipient of funds from the strategic tourism asset protection programme, which was set up to make sure the country's most well-known international attractions stay open through the covid-19 crisis.Last week, Tourism Holdings’s business Discover Waitomo received up to $4 million in loans and grants, and the 31 regional tourism organisations received up to $20.2 mi...

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