Escape from Auckland: Queenstown readied for arrivals
About 6000 relieved Aucklanders booked to touch down in tourist mecca in first week.
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Big Wednesday: 12,000 booked to fly out of Auckland on Air NZ when border opens
Auckland Airport reveals its busiest days for travel ... and urges travellers to be early.
The great escape: Aucklanders keener than other Kiwis to holiday overseas
Aucklanders emerging from lockdown and now facing being shunned in NZ want overseas travel
Devastation: 72,000 tourism jobs go in a year
Tourism operators 'broken' after signs international tourists won't return 'til late 2022.
Aucklanders 'welcomed with open arms' in far south
Rebranded JUCY Cruise out of the volume market, welcoming Aucklanders from next week.
'Not pretty' - Auckland tourism bookings down 90% on last year
Lockdown tourism spending plummeted in Auckland while some South Island regions increased.
DHBs prepare mini-MIQs for visiting cases
Two motel units in Queenstown 'not enough' with Aucklanders on the way, says mayor.
Focus: Chris Luxon says Auckland should be in green light
National Party leader Chris Luxon did his first Auckland "walkabout" with voters yesterday - and said the city should already be in the green light setting. Video / Michael Craig
Focus: Waiheke welcomes back Aucklanders
Waiheke Island Tourism Incorporated chair Christina Hyde is welcoming Aucklanders to the island as NZ moves to the traffic light system and Christmas parties are back on. Video / NZ Herald
On the map: NCL cruise line steaming back to NZ
The cruise industry says the company's commitment is a good sign for the $540m sector.
Omicron kicks hurting tourism industry while it's still down
From Japan to Israel, Germany to France, Omicron gives tourism a devastating déjà vu.
'Not geared to deal with Covid': Hospitals anxious as Aucklanders set to flee city
Domestic tourism is expected to heat up and people will flock to tourist hotspots.
100,000 vouchers for Auckland activities, excluded restaurants 'gutted'
Aucklanders are being offered 100,000 vouchers this summer for a range of activities.
Delayed Tourism Awards come at perfect time for Rotorua
Eleven tourism businesses have been honoured at the prestigious Awards.
New freedom camping laws clamp down on non-fixed toilets
'Backpackers in budget vehicles are welcome,' but most will have to stay in DoC sites.
Stink over bad freedom campers prompts toilet law
Toilet law to wipe away camping abuse will roll out from next year.
Calling all crypto-millionaires; Thailand wants you
Thailand Tourism is willing to make big money moves to lure crypto-rich tourists.
New challenges for tourism industry as Omicron variant emerges
The tourism industry is grappling with the prospect of its new normal.
Air NZ's big domestic plans, details of preparation for international restart
Omicron aside, airline to boost domestic services, firms up plans for global reboot.
Travel Insurance for Covid 19: What you need to know
Covid is no longer unknown or uninsurable. But you'll want to read policies carefully.
Notre-Dame interior faces woke 'Disney' revamp
Critics aghast at plans seen for "Christianity for dummies" trail inside Notre-Dame.
Double blow: NZ tourism waits for visitors while Kiwis spend up overseas
Pent up demand for overseas travel threatens to deal another blow to domestic tourism.
South Sea tourism thaw: Expedition ship arrives in New Zealand
Enderby is one of the few ships to have been given an exemption to enter New Zealand.
End of an era: YHA NZ closes all eleven NZ hostels
The cornerstone of New Zealand backpacking will not reopen in 2022.
Canterbury hot pools to require bathers show proof of vaccination
Under the new Covid Framework, visitors will have to show their My Vaccine Pass to get in.
'Brave, challenging development': PwC Tower named winner
Community housing, hospital, tourism, supermarket and office buildings: winners
Grounded: 1000 Air NZ transtasman flights cancelled by lack of progress on border
Govt's transtasman bubble stand hits 20,000 customers
'No speaking Māori': Guest's shock as Airbnb removes listing
Also, don't refer to our country as Aotearoa, notice in the house said.
Cordis Auckland's new top suite: Bigger than a house and yours for $5000 a night
The hotel has invested $170m on a new tower timed to open as Auckland will.
Nourish Group gobbled up by Good Spirits Hospitality
Deal happens as restaurants face unprecedented fallout from Covid lockdowns and new rules.
Goff's bed tax costs ratepayers $1m for failed court defence
The council may have to pay back tens of millions of dollars to the accommodation sector.
$100m for Rydges Wellington: 200 investors quit titles
98% of investors agreed to sell, but 2% refused. The case went to court