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Backyard Travel Quiz: Help find NZ's least known locations

How well do you know your own backyard?

James Doolan: How tourists subsidise date night - and why we need them back fast

Hotel Council Aotearoa director James Doolan describes how tourists subsidise date night.

Luxury cruise ships return to NZ: A butler for every berth

Hope is growing in the cruise industry that ban on ships is about to be lifted.

Hamish Clark: What do the borders reopening mean for Christchurch and the South Island?

OPINION: A step in the right direction but don't expect a rush of tourists.

Watch: Wellington weather dampens PM's tourism push

You can't beat Wellington on a good day. Today is not that day.

Live: Orange light D-Day - as borders reopen to Aussie tourists

Health authorities reported 11,063 community cases and 622 hospitalisations yesterday.

Major hotel chain to continue living wage post MIQ

Many of these workers were at or just above the minimum wage at the start of the pandemic.

Pow! Bam! Holy crime-busters, Batman! It's the tourists

OPINION: Hotel Council Aotearoa strategic director talks law and order in city centres.

Tourism business owner wants review into $290m fund

A top watchdog wants the Government to explain decisions to pay funds to 127 businesses.

Watch: Ngāti Manuhiri on luxury resort plans

The trust is vowing to take 'any action we need to' in opposing a proposal for a headland.

Red light fright: Guest nights tumble as Omicron rocks domestic travel

Summer became a wipeout for accommodation providers as travellers stayed home.

Would you like a private jet with your suite? $1bn worth of luxury planned for Queenstown

As Aotearoa begins to open up, our southern tourist hotspot has some good news.

Mike Munro: Put out the welcome mat - the tourists are on the way

The tourists are coming back - but don't expect a quick rebound to pre-Covid levels.

Complaint about $75m Queenstown campground sale rejected

Construction of new development to be phased in seven stages, taking more than a decade.

Focus: Events industry reacts to relaxed Covid rules

Ninety Nine Reasons Event Management founder Frankie Mahoney says her team has had ‘a really busy week’ following the Governments changes, however the hospitality industry is still suffering. Video / NZ Herald

Tourism minister on cruise ships: 'I'd love to see them back'

Industry has worked 'incredibly hard' to change the perception of travellers, says Nash.