It is more important than ever that New Zealand lifts the quality of its holiday experiences for Chinese visitors, says Tourism New Zealand.

Tourism developers want to put a monorail into Fiordland, shortening the journey from Queenstown. Bob Robertson defends his scheme, and Dianne Blumhardt urges the Government to turn it down.

China has surged ahead of the United States and is on the verge of becoming our second-biggest tourist market.

Many overseas activities are not covered by travel insurance.

Here's hoping country pubs won't become just a memory, writes Don Kavanagh.

Two weeks after Auckland Council voted to bring the V8s back north, the city's tourism body says it expects its major events to hit increasingly tough economic targets.

Hawaiian Airlines will start flying non-stop between Auckland and Hawaii, three times weekly from March next year.

Freedom campers who urinate and defecate in public and bathe naked in Lake Taupo are ruining business and a pristine environment, say local tourism operators.