Hotel rooms fill up as US, Chinese tourists flock south
Tourism

Hotel rooms fill up as US, Chinese tourists flock south

Christchurch bookings up a quarter as more international flights head to the South Island.

Brent Melville 20 Feb 2024
Visitor surge boosts tourism
Tourism

Visitor surge boosts tourism

Overseas visitor arrivals surged by more than a million last year as international tourism continues its slow recovery since borders reopened.There were 2.96m overseas visitors in the December 2023 year, Stats NZ said today, up by 1.52m from the 2022 year. New Zealand started reo...

Staff reporters 15 Feb 2024
Fight over ski-field funds critical, court told
Tourism

Fight over ski-field funds critical, court told

Creditors’ committee fights liquidators and receivers.

Victoria Young 09 Feb 2024
Would-be RAL buyer says bid is dead
Tourism

Would-be RAL buyer says bid is dead

The Crown’s preferred bidder for the insolvent Whakapapa skifield has walked away from negotiations, throwing the future of skiing in the North Island, and tourism in the central region, into further doubt.”It’s a dead bid ... there’s inadequate [crown] funding,” Tom Elworthy tol...

Staff reporters 08 Feb 2024