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…
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…
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…
The aviation call to action
Aviation is the Achilles heel of sustainable tourism. It accounts for 52% of direct global tourism emissions. For…
Space – the fraught frontier
Space tourism is back in the news following the all-female Blue Origin space mission on 15th April. That…
Forests and sustainable tourism
While on holiday in Central Otago in January, my wife Linda and I climbed Ben Lomond, the peak…
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…
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…
Back to Pre-COVID levels of tourism – but what happened to the post-COVID tourism re-set?
Last week marked five years since the first case of COVID-19 was reported in New Zealand. In the…
Tourism Growth – how much is too much?
My return to work this year coincided with several tourism announcements from the New Zealand government. Its announcements…