The tourism industry helped draw more than one million Australian visitors across the Tasman in the year to May, and it now wants extra marketing dollars for other markets.
Visitors arriving at Christchurch airport from Melbourne and Sydney were welcomed yesterday with a party hosted by top brass from Tourism New Zealand and Christchurch & Canterbury Tourism.
Australia is New Zealand’s biggest market, contributing about $1 billion in visitor spending a year.
In March, the Government gave an additional $2.5 million for promotional work in Australia. Such campaigns, combined with cheap airfares have drawn Australians to New Zealand for a holiday rather than traditional destinations such as Bali or Britain…Â Details
The wait is over for ski enthusiasts across the world. Following a weekend of heavy snows in the Andes, Chile’s ski resorts opened to the public this week. Resort owners expect Chilean skiers and snowboarders – as well as northern hemisphere tourists looking for “summer†skiing – to soon flock to Chile’s ski-mountains, which received more than US$10 million this year in improvements…. Details
Video Automobile Drifting – Formula DRIFT Motorsport Meets BMX Actionsport
Filmer Andy Laputka has put together a great video that compares drifting and action sports through the eyes of professional BMX riders, Chad Kagy and Scotty Cranmer. Formula DRIFT drivers gave these BMX pro’s a shotgun ride along at Wall Speedway during… Details
Video Skateboard -Skateboarding 1964 Long Beach CA – Skateboarding in the year 1964 Long Beach CA. Check out my dad with his Defense Contractor Crewcut and the Pink Rambler in the garage. Too funny.
