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![Ten-year plan aims to double value of Auckland tourism](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Ten-year plan aims to double value of Auckland tourism
Strategy targets Australian and Asian travellers in bid to bring in $6 billion.
![Campaign launched to bring tourists back to Bay of Plenty](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Campaign launched to bring tourists back to Bay of Plenty
A new tourism campaign to bring people back to the Bay of Plenty, after the stranding of the Rena, is being planned.
![Kiwis stay home during World Cup - accommodation numbers fall](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Kiwis stay home during World Cup - accommodation numbers fall
New Zealanders stayed home in droves during October, meaning that despite a jump in Rugby World Cup visitors, guest nights for the accommodation sector fell.
![Air passengers hit with UK tax hike](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Air passengers hit with UK tax hike
The British Government announced overnight that the UK Air Passenger Duty (APD) will increase by eight per cent next April.
![Air NZ kills off controversial puppet Rico (+video)](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Air NZ kills off controversial puppet Rico (+video)
Rico, Air New Zealand's controversial puppet, has been killed off by Air New Zealand's advertising team.
![Christchurch Airport buys Antarctic Centre](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Christchurch Airport buys Antarctic Centre
Christchurch International Airport has announced that it has bought the International Antarctic Centre.
![Australia's first desert golf course to open near Uluru](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Australia's first desert golf course to open near Uluru
Visitors to Australia's Red Centre will soon be able to play a round of desert golf as part of a makeover at the Ayers Rock Resort.
![Tourism and human rights should go hand in hand](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Tourism and human rights should go hand in hand
The group Tourism Concern is urging the travel industry to integrate a human rights approach into its business strategies.
![Kiwis take to the air, and the sea, after Cup fever](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Kiwis take to the air, and the sea, after Cup fever
We stayed put for the rugby but now cashed-up Kiwis are heading off on European jaunts.
![Editorial: Functional cruise ship amenity vital](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Editorial: Functional cruise ship amenity vital
Pretty much only one thing has remained constant during the debate over a cruise-ship terminal appropriate for Auckland.
![Chch operators tackle disaster tourism](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Chch operators tackle disaster tourism
Christchurch tourism operators are trying to find tasteful ways of satisfying the curiosity of international visitors.
![Rugby World Cup brings 75,000 visitor surge](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Rugby World Cup brings 75,000 visitor surge
Visitor numbers climbed by more than a quarter in September as an inflow of people for the Rugby World Cup arrived in New Zealand.