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		Disappointment Over Immigration Fee Hikes
		
		
            TIA is disappointed by the recent increases in immigration fees for Visitor and Working Holiday Visas.
        
        
            
            
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		Akiaki - Advancing Tourism launches
		
		
            TIA launches Akiaki - Advancing Tourism, a new initiative to prepare NZ's tourism industry for the future.
        
        
            
            
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		Enhancing Decision-Making and Support
		
		
            TIA welcomes the release of the Strategic Business Plan by Tourism and Hospitality Minister Hon. Matt Doocey.
        
        
            
            
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		Making It Count - Tourism by design not by default
		
		
            TIA Chief Executive, Rebecca Ingram, shares an opinion piece on the International Visitor Levy.
        
        
            
            
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		One Hundred Green Graduates
		
		
            The Green Room | Te Rūma Kākāriki have celebrated 100 graduates of the 12-week sustainability programme.
        
        
            
            
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		Finding Our New Normal
		
		
            Fresh visitor data out today reinforces our thinking that it will be two- three years before we find our new normal as an industry.
        
        
            
            
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		International Visitor Survey data
		
		
            The latest International Visitor Survey data has been released for the year end to March 2024.
        
        
            
            
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		Tourism takeaways from Budget 2024
		
		
            Finance Minister Hon. Nicola Willis has delivered Budget 2024, but what does it mean for tourism?
        
        
            
            
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		Akiaki - Advancing Tourism
		
		
            A new online programme to enable tourism businesses has been launched by the tourism industry’s leading representative body.
        
        
            
            
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		Latest International Visitor Data
		
		
            The latest international visitor data shows that a strong return for overseas arrivals in February, tracking at 87 per cent of pre-pandemic levels (February 2019). 
        
        
            
            
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		Member Mondays
		
		
            Every Monday we highlight one of our new or existing members!
        
        
            
            
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		Busy Summer Puts the Zing Back in Tourism’s Stride
		
		
            The New Zealand tourism industry’s summer season has ended on a very healthy note, with many tourism operators across the country reporting strong business and even being “rushed off their feet”. 
        
        
            
            
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		Amendments to the Adventure Activities Regulations
		
		
            The Amendments to the Adventure Activities Regulations come into force on 1 April. Read more about them along with viewing our webinar for members on how they might affect your business.
        
        
            
            
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		Tourism Returns as one of NZ's Largest Exporters
		
		
            Fresh data on international visitors to New Zealand confirms tourism’s return as one of New Zealand’s biggest export earners.
        
        
            
            
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		New Data Highlights the Economic Importance of Tourism to New Zealand
		
		
            New figures confirm the tourism industry is recovering strongly and making a major contribution to the New Zealand economy.
        
        
            
            
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		Sustainable Airways
		
		
            Chris Sattler is a small tourism operator at the cutting edge of transportation technology with his company, Island Aviation.
        
        
            
            
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		Sharing the Aroha of Tourism
		
		
            Every day our tourism operators are doing all sorts of incredible things – not just for overseas visitors but for their local communities. 
        
        
            
            
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		Keeping it Clean
		
		
            Aotea Great Barrier Island is saying no to single-use cups.
        
        
            
            
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		Rejuvenating Tourism
		
		
            National Geographic has recently published their list of the world's most innovative places that provide a rejuvenating tourism experience.
        
        
            
            
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		Suspension of MRTEs
		
		
            This week MBIE announced that it was temporarily suspending the MRTES (Monthly Regional Tourism Estimates) which were produced by Data Ventures, a branch of Stats NZ.
        
        
            
            
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