New Zealand is struggling to entice International tourists to its far off land partly due to increased competition from other countries near Europe and America and the global slowdown too.
Domestic tourists spent $12.4 billion in the year ended March 2009, an increase of 2.6 percent from the previous year. While international tourist expenditure declined by [...]
Immigration New Zealand has announced that their policy to skilled immigration has remained competitive in the current economic climate.
Whilst the global recession has caused some countries to request temporary workers without work to go home or to severely slash the number of skills on immigration shortage lists, New Zealand has been less affected.
Andrew Annakin, [...]
Travel restrictions between Australia and New Zealand are to be reduced, allowing their citizens to enter one anothers’ countries more easily, opening up their borders in an a move towards a joint economic market.
Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and his New Zealand counterpart John Key have this week agreed to a joint plan that aims [...]
The New Zealand Ski season, the largest in the Southern hemmisphere is about to open with a good season of snow expected. The Remarkables area near Queenstown is expected to open within a week. Travel Insurance for seniors is advised for anyone over 60 and heading to the slopes.
The snow base at Coronet Peak is [...]
New Zealand is risking losing one of their most wealthy source of visitors, the Japanese are threatening to
Nearly 700 Japanese travelers had canceled bookings with Southern Travel in the past week as a result of flu fears, with the prospect of more to come, said chief executive Jacqueline Walshe, the Dominion Post on Tuesday quoted [...]
Airlines are joining the growing chorus for the Tasman twins to open up their border control so there will be no border between them, similar to how Continental European countries have.
JETSTAR chief Bruce Buchanan wants Australia and New Zealand to adopt a common border and drop travel restrictions across the Tasman.
The move would end customs, [...]
New Zealand ski holiday website www.ski-newzealand.co.nz has just unveiled its exciting new redesign, featuring an innovative ‘holiday brochure style’ format that lets users design and book their own New Zealand skiing vacation.
The new site invites visitors to select their holiday accommodation, car hire, ski passes and ski hire equipment then book it all online in [...]
So it’s now official, NZ is one of the top destinations in the world based on economic competitiveness.
At the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) third annual Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Report showed that New Zealand was ranked 20th out of 133 countries, primarily because of its natural rich resources.
Switzerland, Austria and Germany took the lead, while [...]
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