Published on : Saturday, October 27, 2018
With a theme of Charting the Course, the event had a host of exceptional national and international keynote speakers who addressed “the ever-present need of destinations and travel suppliers to continuously balance the power of tourism’s popularity globally with its impact on residents and communities locally.”
Unlike Hawaii’s HTA, Tourism New Zealand is part of the New Zealand national government, which is a constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary democracy, which has the absolute power to make important changes in any government agency and their budgets since it has the power do so.
Although the Hawaii Tourism Authority is called an “authority,” in reality it has no administrative powers to make changes that are required to manage Hawaii tourism effectively — given the various state agencies involved and this is no small problem. New Zealand is similar to Hawaii being an island nation which was settled sometime between 1250 and 1300 by Polynesians who developed a distinctive Māori culture. While the majority of New Zealand’s population of 4.8 million is of European descent, the Māori are the largest minority, followed by Asians and Pacific Islanders.
New Zealand has miles of well-maintained highways, roads and right-of-ways winding through the beautiful landscapes.
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