Giant cruise ships carrying thousands of passengers are an increasingly familiar site in the Port of Tauranga.

Unwanted hotel rooms needlessly reserved by Olympic organisers will be a key factor in a tourism slump.

Two proposed mega tourism developments in the South Island have opponents warning that life in a precious World Heritage Area and national parks will suffer.

The British Government is poised to reopen the vexed and controversial debate over the expansion of air travel in southeast England.

Travel experts at Lonely Planet are encouraging tourists to spend some time in Christchurch.

Online flight searches indicate New Zealand may be experiencing a resurgence as a tourist destination among the British public.

Herald reporters have been out and about testing New Zealand's ultimate recreational cycling experience for a five-part summer series beginning today.

One of Queenstown's most established tourism operators, Kawarau Jet, has been ordered to pay $320,500 in costs after it campaigned against a rival jet boat company.

Strategy targets Australian and Asian travellers in bid to bring in $6 billion.

A new tourism campaign to bring people back to the Bay of Plenty, after the stranding of the Rena, is being planned.

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.

The British Government announced overnight that the UK Air Passenger Duty (APD) will increase by eight per cent next April.

Rico, Air New Zealand's controversial puppet, has been killed off by Air New Zealand's advertising team.

NZIER says a rapidly worsening global economy will depress New Zealand's fledgling recovery and keep interest rates on hold until 2013.