Nov 13, 2023 | Business & Economics, Featured
From the University of Auckland Photo by Mac Gaither on Unsplash The cruise ships are back, along with the backpackers and campervans. According to the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE), tourism is expected to bring a much-needed $15...
Aug 10, 2023 | Featured, Science & Technology
Kevin Trenberth, University of Auckland Photo by American Public Power The announcement of a partnership between the government and the world’s biggest investment manager BlackRock in a NZ$2 billion climate infrastructure fund suggests the company is expecting...
Jul 12, 2021 | Business & Economics
By Denise Montgomery We all know Covid-19 has had a major impact on tourism. Professor Andreas Neef says it’s a good time to have a rethink about the type of tourism the world needs. Professor Andreas Neef admits that sometimes he may depress his students. “But...
Jul 9, 2020 | Business & Economics
By James Higham The tourism rebuild must involve all measures being taken to create a high-value, low-leakage and low-emissions tourism future. Unprecedented border closures and the domestic lockdown have paralysed New Zealand’s $40.9 billion a year tourism industry....
Oct 25, 2018 | Business & Economics, Referee, Science & Technology
By Archana Chand 2017 saw the highest international tourism numbers in seven years. However, there is a cost, as Archana Chand explains. The United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) stated that 2017’s growth in international tourism arrivals was the highest...
Oct 18, 2018 | Business & Economics
By Harvey C. Perkins & Christopher Rosin In 2015 tourism overtook dairying to become New Zealand’s largest export earner. Harvey Perkins and Christopher Rosin discuss how the tourism industry has made money off the land. In 2015 tourism overtook dairying to become...
Sep 10, 2018 | Science & Technology
By Jenny Howard Tourism accounts for eight percent of greenhouse gas emissions and Jenny Howard says we can do more to limit our carbon footprint. Flying on an airplane always gives me a rush, especially when the plane is heading toward the Galápagos. Without fail,...
Aug 22, 2018 | Politics & Society, Referee
By Claudia Russell What is voluntourism? Claudia Russell looks into the ‘industry’ which has been likened to slavery and human trafficking. While it may seem like an opportunity to see the world while helping those less fortunate, “volunteer abroad”...
May 16, 2018 | Science & Technology
By Arunima Malik & Ya-Yen Sun Arunima Malik & Ya-Yen Sun look into the carbon footprint of tourism and find out it is bigger than we thought. The carbon footprint of tourism is about four times larger than previously thought, according to a world-first study...