2nd October 2023 Innovation / ResearchThe government is investing $8.2m in a five-year research programme that aims to create a technology-supported ‘new tourism’ model for New Zealand.
26th June 2023 Education / ResearchIndustry is being urged to help save tourism academia amid fears the ranks of researchers and lecturers are being decimated.
23rd May 2023 Research / TNZGeopolitical conflict and the cost of living are having an impact on decision-making and consumers’ travel readiness, new research from TNZ shows.
22nd May 2023 Research / TNZTourism New Zealand is ending its domestic research work, leaving a hole in being able to see how Kiwis perceive travelling at home.
17th May 2023 Research / WhakaariNew Zealand research has uncovered a new way to track the path of rock and gas flows from volcanoes.
3rd April 2023 Research / TNZInternational consumers actively considering New Zealand as a destination are at an all-time high across key markets, according to new research from Tourism New Zealand.
24th March 2023 Research / WaitomoDiscover Waitomo and NIWA researchers have partnered to examine an invasion of koi carp and explore beneath the popular Waitomo Caves.
2nd March 2023 Employment / ResearchStress, insufficient pay, poor work-life balance and a lack of better opportunities contribute to staff churn rates.
22nd September 2022 DOC / ResearchThe Department of Conservation has identified two ‘types’ of visitors – those who spectate nature and those who participate in it.
8th September 2022 Airbnb / ResearchTouristification creates a tourism-led rent gap in high-density locales and a conflicts-led negative rent gap in low-density neighbourhoods.
2nd August 2022 Australia / ResearchThe sector has an opportunity to cultivate a fresh NZ story to attract Australians across the ditch.
20th May 2022 ResearchA new tourism publication that will publish peer-reviewed research into the sustainability of tourism has launched.
21st April 2022 Perspectives / ResearchSpecific volcano traits could form the basis of a new eruption warning system.
12th April 2022 Covid-19 / ResearchVertically integrating tourism with other industries can help reduce its vulnerability in future crises, according to new research.
18th March 2022 DOC / ResearchResearch into the impacts of tourism on nature has been selected as one of this year’s Te Papa Atawhai Postgraduate Scholarship from the Department of Conservation.
10th March 2022 ResearchVictoria University is hosting a webinar exploring the future of tourism through the lens of science fiction.
16th December 2021 Marine / ResearchOnly 11% of New Zealand’s marine ecotourism operators saw an increase in revenue in the year to May 2021, according to a new report from the Sustainable Seas National Science Challenge.
2nd December 2021 Hospitality / ResearchMore than 232,000 jobs are dependent on New Zealand’s hospitality sector, 137,000 of them directly, according to a new report.
4th November 2021 NZ Story / ResearchCovid has changed how the country is perceived, according to new research.
27th October 2021 Aviation / ResearchAny government move to reduce international visitor numbers post-Covid to concentrate on higher spending arrivals could impact the cost of Kiwi food exports, according to a new study.
10th September 2021 QLDC / ResearchQueenstown Lakes, Central Otago and Auckland are funding the hunt for an answer to the question puzzling industry.
7th July 2021 ResearchThe use of personalised virtual assistants and digital tools will grow as more people travel alone in the future, according to research from Venture Taranaki.
5th July 2021 ResearchThe crash in international tourism due to the pandemic may cause around US$4tr in damage to the global economy over 2020 and 2021, says a UN report.
26th February 2021 ResearchSeismic mapping of the bed of Lake Wānaka has provided further evidence of a likely active fault at the popular destination.
29th January 2021 Research / TNZOperators now wanted to leave behind an industry that focused too much on the dollar, shows research from TNZ.
28th January 2021 Research / TNZOperators need to deepen the standard issue international experience to keep the domestic market interested, according to Tourism New Zealand research.
19th January 2021 Research / TNZNew research into perceptions of tourism and an Australia update are the focus of Tourism New Zealand’s first industry webinars of the year.
10th December 2020 ResearchTourism management students at Victoria and Otago universities remain positive despite Covid-19 and believe it may even provide new opportunities.
5th November 2020 Research / Tracks & TrailsThe initial findings of a survey carried out for Walking Access Aotearoa are good news for commercial tourism operators according to its lead researcher.
30th October 2020 ResearchMassey University’s Professor Regina Scheyvens has been awarded a James Cook Research Fellowship.
28th October 2020 ResearchTourism vouchers linked to the Covid tracer app and ‘Great Drives of NZ’ touring routes are among recommendations in a new study.
13th October 2020 ResearchAngus & Associates reveals what New Zealanders want to see from their local tourism industry.
26th August 2020 Data / ResearchHowever, the impact of the pandemic on visitor numbers would give way to more standard levels of growth by 2031.
5th August 2020 ResearchThe Ruapehu region is rising in popularity as a destination, according to recent research by Kantar.
5th August 2020 Environment / ResearchResearchers from Te Herenga Waka-Victoria University of Wellington’s Antarctic Research Centre say there is a strong link between human greenhouse gas emissions and increased melting of glaciers.
24th June 2020 Development / ResearchMarlborough District Council will undertake a new redevelopment study on the future of Waitohi/Picton.
11th June 2020 EV / ResearchElectric cars could help the tourism industry improve its impacts on local communities and environments, according to a Lincoln University researcher.
10th June 2020 Environment / ResearchSenior NZIER economist Peter Clough said the future of tourism should be “green and local”.
5th June 2020 Employment / ResearchEconomic activity will contract by 23.3% in the Queenstown Lakes region resulting in almost 8000 job losses, according to a new report commissioned by the council.
26th May 2020 Campaigns / ResearchRTO campaigns should focus on shared experiences or the nostalgic return to a favourite place, according to new data.
20th May 2020 Economy / ResearchThe Covid-19 crisis may not have as severe an impact on the Bay of Plenty as other parts of New Zealand, says the Bay of Plenty Regional Council.
7th May 2020 Research / WebinarVictoria University of Wellington is bringing together three of Australasia’s top tourism academics to discuss how tourist behaviour will change in a post-Covid-19 world.
30th April 2020 Environment / ResearchThe Environmental Defence Society is supporting calls for a reset of the tourism industry to better protect the environment.
27th February 2020 Environment / ResearchThe industry is failing to adapt to the consequences, says the new research.
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19th December 2019 Environment / ResearchThe environment commissioner is right to be concerned over the impact of tourism on the environment, experts say.
19th December 2019 Environment / ResearchA new study has been launched in a bid to improve understanding of the health risk of swimming in rivers.
6th December 2019 Research / TIAOnerous compliance requirements and costs, increased domestic competition and growing global uncertainty have emerged as top concerns for New Zealand’s $39bn tourism industry, according to the latest State of the Industry report.
4th December 2019 ResearchAuckland has made research company Euromonitor International’s list of top 100 city destinations.
3rd December 2019 Research / SustainabilityTourism NZ is investing $200k to find out how climate consciousness is affecting traveller choices.
