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Regional Tourism Organisations Funding
Thursday, 6 May 2021, 11:47 am | Regional Tourism NZ
Regional Tourism New Zealand has welcomed Tourism Minister Stuart Nash’s announcement of a further Government funding package for Regional Tourism Organisations (RTOs). “The allocated $26M will allow RTOs to continue building and implementing sustainable, ... More >>
Events Funding Supports Regions
Thursday, 10 September 2020, 12:10 pm | Regional Tourism NZ
Regional Tourism New Zealand has welcomed Minister Davis’ announcement of the details of the Regional Events Fund. “The allocation of almost $50m through every region of New Zealand will provide much needed stimulus to the events sector and ... More >>
RTO Funding Supports Regions
Tuesday, 28 July 2020, 9:21 am | Regional Tourism NZ
Regional Tourism New Zealand has welcomed Minister Davis’ announcement that the application process to access Government’s funding package for Regional Tourism Organisations had been successfully completed. “The allocated $20.2M across the ... More >>
Government Support For Regional Tourism Organisations Welcomed
Thursday, 4 June 2020, 11:48 am | Regional Tourism NZ
The Government today announced $20.2 million package to support Regional Tourism Organisations (RTOs) help reposition the sector as a response to the Covid-19 crisis. Regional Tourism New Zealand (RTNZ) Chair David Perks described the relief package ... More >>
Regional Tourism Supports Planning For The Future Of Tourism
Wednesday, 8 April 2020, 5:18 pm | Regional Tourism NZ
The Regional Tourism Organisations of New Zealand are supportive of the need identified by Minister Kelvin Davis and government to plan a better future for the visitor industry as communities across Aotearoa look to rebuild both the economic contribution that ... More >>
Tourism Sector Welcomes Government Package
Tuesday, 17 March 2020, 4:47 pm | Regional Tourism NZ
Regional tourism has welcomed the Government’s multi-billion dollar rescue package but warns the industry is still hanging on by a thread. The Government today announced a $12.1 billion economic rescue package as New Zealand responds to the Covid-19 crisis, ... More >>
Government Boost For Domestic Tourism
Friday, 28 February 2020, 3:25 pm | Regional Tourism NZ
Regions worst hit by the drop off in Chinese visitors as a result of the Coronavirus will benefit from a one-off funding boost aimed at stimulating domestic travel. The Government has signed off on a $1 million fund available to key regions most affected ... More >>
Report is a reminder that tourism needs to step up
Wednesday, 18 December 2019, 2:54 pm | Regional Tourism NZ
The Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment’s Report is a timely reminder that the industry must ‘act now’ to manage its environmental impact, Regional Tourism New Zealand says. More >>
Commission’s decision could push rates up
Friday, 13 December 2019, 12:58 pm | Regional Tourism NZ
Taking a visitor levy off the table is short sighted and may leave local authorities with no alternative but to raise rates, says Regional Tourism New Zealand (RTNZ). More >>
Regional Tourism NZ welcomes focus on domestic tourism
Monday, 30 September 2019, 4:20 pm | Regional Tourism NZ
Regional Tourism New Zealand welcomes the recommendation of the Tourism New Zealand Report panel that Tourism New Zealand’s role should be expanded to include collecting data and insights about domestic tourism in New Zealand. More >>
Visit Ruapehu wins Supreme Award at RTNZ Awards
Thursday, 26 September 2019, 8:41 am | Regional Tourism NZ
Visit Ruapehu has won the Supreme Award at this years Regional Tourism New Zealand Awards. More >>
Calls for a Coordinated Approach to Tourism Data
Monday, 10 June 2019, 8:13 pm | Regional Tourism NZ
New Calls for a Coordinated Approach to Tourism Data Following New Holiday Home Data Regional Tourism Organisations are calling for urgent coordination of tourism research following the release of new data giving the first ever insight into the ... More >>
Regional Tourism Shocked Over Loss of Valuable Tourism Data
Wednesday, 5 June 2019, 2:49 pm | Regional Tourism NZ
Regional Tourism Organisations are shocked at the news their main source of tourism numbers data is to be scrapped just weeks after the government announced a commitment to better research for the industry. More >>
Regional Tourism Welcomes the End of a Fragmented Approach
Thursday, 16 May 2019, 10:39 am | Regional Tourism NZ
Regional Tourism New Zealand says it wants to work with the Government to ensure all regions benefit from the burgeoning tourism industry. More >>
New Zealanders agree that tourism is good.
Monday, 17 December 2018, 3:05 pm | Regional Tourism NZ
Regional Tourism New Zealand cautions the sector against complacency as more New Zealanders agree that tourism is good. More >>
RTNZ weighs in on Tourism Infrastructure Fund
Wednesday, 12 September 2018, 10:54 am | Regional Tourism NZ
Regional Tourism New Zealand (RTNZ) welcomes today’s Tourism Infrastructure Fund $19.3 million investment in tourism infrastructure but cautions this is not the long term fix the industry needs. More >>
Hawke's Bay Tourism takes out Industry Alignment Awards
Monday, 10 September 2018, 11:56 am | Regional Tourism NZ
Regional Tourism New Zealand (RTNZ) congratulates Hawke’s Bay Tourism on their recent win at the annual New Zealand Tourism Awards. Hawke’s Bay Tourism was the recipient of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment Industry Alignment ... More >>
Giving GST back to the tourism industry is not on the table
Friday, 31 August 2018, 8:55 am | Regional Tourism NZ
Minister of Tourism, Hon. Kelvin Davis has confirmed that returning a portion of GST revenue earned from international visitors back to the tourism industry is not on the table, preferring instead for the sector to focus their energy on utilising ... More >>
Time for Councils to Step Up - Regional Tourism
Monday, 19 February 2018, 1:54 pm | Regional Tourism NZ
Regional tourism organisations are calling for local government to step up and start thinking long term about tourism. More >>
Not all Freedom Camping is Bad
Friday, 16 February 2018, 2:56 pm | Regional Tourism NZ
Freedom Campers are getting a bad name because of a few bad apples, according to Regional Tourism Organisations. More >>
