A national tourism development agency
I was recently invited to speak at the July meeting of Destination Queenstown and Lake Wānaka Tourism in…
22 July 2025
Navigating the future of tourism in New Zealand
New Zealand tourism is at a crossroads. But fortunately New Zealand tourism has been and continues to be…
8 July 2025
Tourism Growth Roadmap – supercharged or short-sighted?
Last week the New Zealand government unveiled its Tourism Growth Roadmap which aims to supercharge tourism arrivals to…
24 June 2025
Tourism disaster management in Aotearoa New Zealand
It is no coincidence that some of the most breathtaking and iconic attractions in Aotearoa are also the…
10 June 2025
NZ could be A world leader in sustainable tourism
Last year in my first podcast I talked about the Mayor of Santorini asking residents to stay at…
27 May 2025
The aviation call to action
Aviation is the Achilles heel of sustainable tourism. It accounts for 52% of direct global tourism emissions. For…
13 May 2025
Space – the fraught frontier
Space tourism is back in the news following the all-female Blue Origin space mission on 15th April. That…
29 April 2025
Forests and sustainable tourism
While on holiday in Central Otago in January, my wife Linda and I climbed Ben Lomond, the peak…
15 April 2025
Banning fossil fuel ads – and other ‘stabilisation wedges’
It is hard to reconcile climate change and climate denial when you are regularly exposed to new research…
1 April 2025
Tourism and the war on science
We live in chaotic and turbulent times. I don’t know quite where to begin with the two weeks…
18 March 2025