Recent Wins
Work visa changes to support NZ tourism employers
Changes to the temporary work visa process should support New Zealand’s tourism industry to find the workers it needs, particularly in regions like Queenstown, TIA says.
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Recent Wins
TIA and government agree on joint strategic tourism priorities
TIA and government agencies have agreed on five joint priority areas for immediate action to ensure a sustainable tourism future for New Zealand.
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Recent Wins
Multi-million-dollar funding boost to encourage more Kiwis to go with tourism
The Government is awarding $5.2 million from the new International Visitor Conservation and Tourism Levy (IVL) to help promote and attract talent into the visitor economy through the expansion of the Go with Tourism initiative.
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Recent Wins
DOC's focus on tourism
Implementation of the visitor strategy is a priority for the Department of Conservation's tourism team. This is a great win for tourism, and something TIA has been advocating strongly for.
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Currently Working On
Successful applicants for Lightning Lab Tourism announced
The successful applicants for New Zealand’s top Accelerator, Lightning Lab Tourism have been announced. The programme will run from May to August 2019 out of Christchurch International Airport.
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TIA Projects
People & Skills
Ensuring tourism businesses attract and retain staff with the right skills and attitude is a top industry priority.
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TIA Projects
Tourism Insight Framework
An industry leadership panel is driving forward the Tourism Insight Framework actions to ensure operators have the quality knowledge needed to make better informed decisions and achieve better outcomes.
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Currently Working On
Immigration
We advocate strongly to Immigration New Zealand/Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment to make it easier for operators to employ and train foreign staff and also to encourage visitor visa liberalisation.
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Recent Wins
Tourism industry becoming more sustainable
New Zealand’s $39 billion tourism industry became slightly more sustainable in
2018 compared to the previous year, according to a Performance Dashboard
produced by Tourism Industry Aotearoa.
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TIA Projects
Activating Domestic Tourism
TIA leads a Domestic Tourism Working Group to help New Zealand tourism organisations maximise the value they get from domestic travel.
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TIA Projects
Telling the 'Tourism Story'
TIA is working on a major project to better tell the 'Tourism Story'.
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Currently Working On
Funding and Investment
We know that identifying a local government funding solution that has broad support is no easy task but it’s important that the tourism industry plays its part in solving the problem.
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TIA Projects
Responsible Camping
TIA spearheads the New Zealand Responsible Camping Forum to help manage community, social and environmental issues around freedom camping. The Forum has around 60 members from the private and public sectors.
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Currently Working On
Aircraft access to conservation land
For many of our visitors, aircraft access is the only way to directly connect to the beauty of our national parks, particularly our snow and glaciated areas. TIA advocates for sustainable aircraft access to public conservation land.
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Recent Wins
Adventure Tourism
TIA and the Recreation Aotearoa have persuaded WorkSafe NZ to commit to the maintenance of the suite of existing Activity Safety Guidelines for the adventure tourism and commercial outdoor recreation sectors.
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TIA Projects
Tourism Sustainability Commitment
Launched on 14 November 2017, the New Zealand Tourism Sustainability Commitment aims to see every New Zealand tourism business committed to sustainability by 2025 - our Vision is Leading the World in Sustainable Tourism.
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TIA Projects
Tourism & Conservation
A partnership agreement between TIA and the Department of Conservation supports the growth of tourism and enhances conservation.
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TIA Projects
Adventure Tourism Safety
We provide leadership and support to help strengthen safety across the important adventure tourism and outdoor sector. Read more.
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Recent Wins
The value of water
In May 2017, the Ministry for the Environment advised it was looking into the value of natural capital for tourism use. That was one of our recommendations in our Clean Water submission and is a win for TIA.
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TIA Projects
Tourism Election Manifesto
TIA's 2017 Tourism Election Manifesto highlights the industry's priorities for a sustainable future, and what we want from the Incoming Government.
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