The main objective of this research was to evaluate tourist impacts on geothermal vegetation and to examine visitor's attitudes towards their impacts on vegetation. Two commercially operated sites near Rotorua were selected ...

This report provides a synthesis of seven separate reports into key aspects of tourism in Rotorua, and makes recommendations for the future management of the sector. The overall conclusion of this study is that tourism in ...

The objective of this study was to develop an understanding of visitors' and locals' experiences of the Westland landscape and infrastructure. The interest in landscape experience reflects the central role that both passive ...

The objective of the research presented in this report was to develop an understanding of visitors' and locals' views of environmental management in Christchurch. A total of 63 people were selected in a diverse, non-random ...

The objective of this study was to develop an understanding of visitors' and locals' experiences of the Rotorua landscape using photographs of landscape and Q method. The interest in landscape experience reflects the central ...

This report presents results from visitor surveys and stakeholder interviews at three natural attractions in the Paparoa National Park. The sites were the Pancake Rocks (Dolomite Point), the Fox River caves, and the Westland ...

This report has been prepared as part of the ‘Enhancing Financial and Economic Yield in Tourism’ programme of research funded by The Ministry of Tourism and the Tourism Industry Association. It brings together what we have ...

The main objective of this report is to examine the impacts of tourism on Westland communities and Westland residents' attitudes towards tourism. The particular objectives are: to provide an historical account of the history ...

The research reported in this study was undertaken in the context of the New Zealand Tourism Strategy 2010 (released in 2001) and the anticipated amendments to the Local Government Act 1974 (amended in December 2002). The ...

This is a two-part report on research completed during 2003/2004 in Hanmer Springs and Kaikoura. The research was conducted by the Tourism Recreation Research and Education Centre (TRREC) at Lincoln University. Hanmer ...