Articles tagged “new zealand”

Female safety is a concern from the streets of Medellin to the alleys of Bangkok to the nightclubs of New York City, but cities that make a concerted effort to cater to the safety and needs of female travelers will see the benefits of friendlier reputations and higher visitation in the coming years.

One of the bigger successes of the LOTR trilogy and the new Hobbit one as well is that the New Zealand viewers fall in love with is its great outdoors rather than some closed off theme park, and this brings benefits to a much wider swath of businesses across the country.

New Zealand realizes it need a lot more Chinese tourists -- as does every other country -- it will have to ease up its rules on immigration and investment from Chinese investors.

New Zealand has too much riding on its reputation for adventure tourism to be anything but vigilant in vetting operators, but accidents are going to occur anywhere people are jumping out of planes on a daily basis.

Tourism to New Zealand is on the rise thanks to the booming Asian market, but some visitors could get more local experiences than they bargained for with rooms in the third largest city are still constrained following a 2011 earthquake.

New Zealand is trying to get out from under the shadow of its big neighbor to the west, and believes that easing the visa process may be one step toward that goal.

New Zealand gets a lot of positive press for its tourism and tourism marketing, but this is the dark side it doesn't want you to see.

New Zealand sets a realistic goal for its Hobbit-inspired ad campaign by concentrating marketing efforts on nearby Australia to boost tourism.