PFW News Update: February 2022

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PFW News Update: February 2022

“Time to rethink tourism”: UN World Tourism Organisation

As Kiwis see our borders opening again – at last – the Project Forever Waiheke team has been exploring how tourism scholars and planners internationally, and here in NZ, are envisaging the future of tourism.

The Covid-19 pandemic has had a devastating effect on global tourism, particularly for developing countries and island nations like Fiji, Cook Islands and Tonga, whose economies depend significantly on international tourists and who cannot pivot to domestic tourism.

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PFW News Update: September 2021

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PFW News Update: September 2021

Planning New Zealand tourism’s next directions: Where to after Delta? Update - Spring 2021

Our government, while currently sticking to its elimination strategy, is now focussing on vaccination as the way forward for recovering everyday freedoms in Aotearoa New Zealand. The freedom to travel and move around – whether for work, education, medical appointments, entertainment or a holiday – is dependent on vaccination rates being as high as possible. Countries already permitting tourism again have turned to ‘vaccination passports’ of various kinds, and they are also being used increasingly to encourage, or require, vaccination rates in work and other domestic settings. A similar concept is being developed here.

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PFW News Update: June 2021

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PFW News Update: June 2021

The future of tourism

As Aotearoa New Zealand for the moment maintains its precarious Covid-free community status, most tourism providers around the country have accepted that until every eligible person is fully vaccinated, keeping our borders closed to international tourists is essential. Not least because this allows domestic tourists to travel freely around the country, and without local tourism, many businesses that rely heavily on tourism could be forced to either go into hibernation or close their doors for good. And when the borders are opened up again, there is a similar acknowledgement that NZ tourism cannot return to ‘business as usual’ based on pre-Covid levels: resetting and rebuilding a more regenerative tourism industry is crucial to the country’s future prosperity and wellbeing.

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From 2.6 to over 10 million international tourists per year: Is Auckland ready to talk overtourism?→

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From 2.6 to over 10 million international tourists per year: Is Auckland ready to talk overtourism?

The New Zealand Herald is investigating potential overtourism in Auckland, as destinations around the globe are reeling with massive numbers of people descending upon cities, beaches, historical sites, natural reserves, etc. Overtourism in Auckland would also affect Waiheke; PFW invites you to read the Herald’s exploration of this topic through its series of articles.

Forget 20/20 vision, Auckland needs to look ahead to 2021. In the first of a four-part series on the future of Auckland's tourism, The New Zealand Herald investigates how the city is working to get its infrastructure ready for APEC and the America's Cup.

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