New Zealand has a diverse landscape that includes active volcanoes, snowy mountains, native forests, geothermal areas, glaciers, and beaches, all providing visitors with an abundance of destinations to explore. Globalization has made traveling abroad easier than ever before, and for this reason, tourism is growing globally and becoming very competitive. In New Zealand, tourism has surpassed meat, wool, forestry, and manufacturing as a source of foreign income and has become a NZ$23.9 billion industry, second only to dairy exports (Ministry of Business, 2013). Since New Zealand is far from the markets they serve and is dependent on a small range of farm exports, it is often difficult for the country to control the circumstances of their economy (OECD, 2008). Therefore, New Zealand’s economy did not escape the global financial crisis of 2008-09; but their promotion of tourism has been an integral part of their economic development and recovery since the recession (Ministry, 2013).
There are many challenges that face the tourism industry in New Zealand, including recent earthquakes in Churchcrist (Ministry, 2013). It is also difficult for tourist driven businesses to be properly staffed and trained because of the seasonal fluctuations in business (Ministry, 2013). Furthermore, New Zealand faces competition from neighboring Australia and from Japan as tourist destinations (Ministry, 2013). Nevertheless, many factors play a part in the rise of visitors, including NZ$8 million spent by the government for improved marketing through the Tourism Growth Partnership (Ministry, 2013). In addition, new direct flights by China Southern Airlines and dramatically reduced international airfares over the last two decades aid in New Zealand’s econ...
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...tiful, diverse land their economy will continue to recover and pick up pace. According to the OECD Economic Survey completed in June 2013 the country as a whole is experiencing growing business investment and household spending (OECD, 2013). This is even in light of the negative factors affecting the country, such as the current weak foreign demand of their commodities and a severe drought that plagued part of the region (Ministry, 2013). The Maori are also becoming more involved in the tourism industry, allowing for greater economic development for them and the overall economy of the country. The Lord of the Rings franchise was not the only movies to be filmed in the country and is likely to be the last. As government sees the benefit from film-induced tourism, it is likely they will attract others and reap the rewards, strengthening New Zealand’s economy further.
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Over the past few years, cruise ships visiting New Zealand has grown drastically. Between 2014-2015 alone, the cruise sector was worth $436 million in value to the New Zealand forecast. This is predicted to grow to a whopping $543 million between 2015-2016. As the cruise ships entering New Zealand are getting bigger and there are more coming, the New Zealand cruise industry will be growing, as well as providing adequate infrastructure. Making these continuous changes is going to have many positive and negative impacts on the country and its residents.
The editor, Clement A Tisdell, is from the University of Queensland, Australia and focuses on tourism economics. The information from the handbook is well trusted with every fact or claim having its own individual citation for verification and further studies. This source surprisingly, had more information on the background and current state of the cruise industry than it did about economics of it all. The article does provide valuable data when it comes to the increasing trends of the industry which could then be related to the outcomes of the also increasing economic
The retreat of the Tasman Glacier will have a large effect on tourism which is a very important industry to New Zealands people and economy. At the moments there are services available to go skiing on the Tasman Glacier however in the future because of the retreat of the glacier these tourism opportunities will not be able to keep going because of dangers and the eventual disappearance of the glacier. Steepening ice slopes, an increase in the rockfall hazard and increased debris cover are all challenges faced by tourism operators in the glacial sector. Climate change will affect the survival of small towns in the area because most of the jobs are involved with tourists and tourism.
My choice for this particular tourism destination is an island off of the coast of the huge Canadian metropolis of Vancouver called Vancouver Island. This particular island was ranked second in 2009 on Condé Nast Traveler’s Reader’s Choice Awards “Top Islands of North America;” Vancouver Island is a relatively large island with a population of 759,366 inhabitants. It is home to British Columbia’s capital city, otherwise known as Victoria. The island is separated from the mainland by four different straits; the Johnstone Strait, the Queen Charlotte Strait, the Strait of Georgia, and the Strait of Juan de Fuca. Considering that Vancouver Island is located on the west coast and on the Pacific Ocean. Due to its location it has many beach resorts that allow tourists to enjoy many activities like surfing, whale-watching, fishing, hiking, and scuba diving. An example of one of these resorts is Tofino, which is a major surfing hot-spot that is a definite place to check out while on the island. Also, Vancouver Island is surrounded by acres of protected ancient rainforest which gives tourist an amazing experience and mixture of wildlife. Different plants and animals emerge throughout the seasons, so regardless of which one is chosen, everyone will enjoy the atmosphere.
Since 1840 the Hawaiian Islands have been an escape to a tropical paradise for millions of tourists. People all over the world encounter alluring, romanticized pictures of Hawai'i's lush, tropical vegetation, exotic animals, beautiful beaches, crystal clear water, and fantastical women. This is the Hawai'i tourists know. This is the Hawai’i they visit. However, this Hawai'i is a state of mind, a corporate-produced image existing on the surface. More precisely, it is an aftermath of relentless colonization of the islands' native inhabitants by the United States. These native Hawaiians experience a completely different Hawai'i from the paradise tourists enjoy. No one makes this as clear as Haunani-Kay Trask, a native Hawaiian author. In her book, From a Native Daughter: Colonialism and Sovereignty in Hawai'i and through her poetry in Light in the Crevice Never Seen, Trask provides an intimate account of the tourist industry's impact on native Hawaiian culture. She presents a negative perspective of the violence, pollution, commercial development, and cultural exploitation produced by the tourist industry. Trask unveils the cruel reality of suffering and struggling through a native Hawaiian discourse. Most of the world is unaware of this.
Currently New Zealand is finally recovering from the rapid economic growth it experienced in the mid-90s, now that the worst of the Asian financial crisis effects are over. New Zealand lost many export markets in Asia, but looked to the U.S. and European markets to replace the lost customers. The country remains dependent on trade due to its small size and isolation; price and access to foreign markets are a constant concern.
This report will then demonstrate how supply of outbound tourism packages will change as a consequence of change in its the demand of other products that travel agency can provide and profit expectation. As is discussed above, when the demand for overseas tourism package is low, people tend to travel domestically as an alternative, therefore the demand for domestic packages will rise. As a respond to that, travel agencies tend to redeploy their resources from outbound tourism to focus on the domestic travel product, hence the supply of outbound products will drop (Tribe, 2011). Conversely, when the exchange rate is favourable for Australian international travel, indicating a promising sales volume, firms have higher profit expectation in this segment and thus tend to provide more overseas destinations for their customer to
For the introduction, brief information regarding my purchase and the travel and tourism industry is presented. It was then followed by the explanation of the 2 chosen theories from two different chapters.
In 2013-14 Tauranga had 83 voyage calls, 25 vessels entering with 83 port days in total. They also had 100 unique passengers and 149,000 passenger port days. Tauranga has established itself as a go-to destination for cruise passengers, with its natural beauty and friendly locals it is not hard to see why. Over the years, Tauranga’s cruise tourism has changed from the 2013-14 statistics, the amount of voyage calls this year has gone down but the amount of unique passengers has gone up to 160,100.
The Bay of islands is one of the most beautiful parts of New Zealand and has 144 islands. It can also claim to be the birth place of New Zealand. The Bay Island with its warm climate and water based activities is a popular destination for New Zealand holiday makers and international tourist. The bay has many interesting historic towns including Pahia, Russell, Waitangi and Kari Keri. There is a broad range of accommodation in the bay of island, as well as attractions and activities, place to eat, and entrainment of all age.
When one asks about Hawaii, what is the first thing that comes to mind? The term paradise plays a great role in describing the state of Hawaii; in addition, many are captured by its promising beauty and various attractions. The state of Hawaii is made up of eight major islands and they are Hawaii Island, O’ahu, Maui, Kaua’i, Moloka’i, Lana’i, Ni’ihau, and Kaho’olawe. The amount of visitors the state received in the year of 2007 sum up to 7,627,819, showing an increase at time goes by (2007 Annual Visitor Research Report). The island of Maui, alone welcomes an outstanding amount of 2,580,361 million visitors annually (2007 Annual Visitor Research Report). However, as the number flourish, each of the islands on the state of Hawaii experienced various changes and innovations. Maui, for instance, underwent through different developments such as building more hotels, and opening various forests to public, and as a result, such development allures more visitors. Therefore, one can conclude that the island is truly remarkable and a wonderful destination to visit or settle in. Despite on the wonderful cause of tourism to the island’s economy, what would happen if all of the admirable beauty suddenly disappears? Well, a great depression will be experienced by the resident and the island itself. Hence, developing more regulations in preserving its coastlines, forests, and oceans would enhance the Maui’s natural beauty and sustain a stable economy.
Tourism and Hospitality has developed rapidly and becoming extremely important to economy in the world. The income that several countries in the world receive from tourism industry can be reached to $1billion per year. In addition, Marketing is one of the most important factors that help and effect to tourism industry in many positive ways. Marketing evolved in the tourism industry since 1980. It promotes tourism industry by encouraging the tourists to travel at their destination with the strategy that made up to the tourist satisfaction. However, a marketing strategy does not have to be complex, in fact it should be a easily understood which ensure the advantage of marketing of the products and services to the tourist business to obtain positive
If New Zealand is to see more growth in tourism we must try and make the country more attractive to visit. More flights, low visa requirements, favorable exchange rates are all facilitators that will make New Zealand more appealing. With a high level of promotions overseas that will motivate tourists to think of our country as a destination which will be able to satisfy their needs.
New Zealand has a developed economy focused on export and import of goods and services based on market openness and free trade with strong protection of property and intellectual property rights. New Zealand is a member of WTO and APEC. Additionally, country currently ranked as a 3rd among entire world with the finest and freest economic environment according to the index score 82.1 out of 100 for the 2015. (The Heritage Foundation, 2015) What’s, more indicators such as unemployment rate of New Zealand is 5.4. Moreover, inflation rate is just 1.2 percent then country ranked 8th out of 120 according to GDP per capita around the world (New Zealand Government, 2015). So all these positive factors together lead...