The research reported here documents the awareness of ecolabels among visitors to Christchurch, one important visitor destination in New Zealand. Around the world there is a growing debate about ecolabels and how visitors ...

The objective of this study is to examine the perspectives West Coast tourism stakeholders hold about the local government's emerging roles and responsibilities for tourism planning in the region. Local government authorities ...

Understanding visitor decision making, on-site spatial behaviours, cognitive maps and destination perceptions enhances understandings of the way in which tourism and visitors impact upon local communities. It should also ...

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 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 ...

This report proposes a process for tourism planning in Kaikoura, and outlines key findings and policy implications from the nine field research projects undertaken for Kaikoura under the public good science funded project, ...

The objective of this research was to measure the level of economic activity (employment, output and value added) in Kaikoura arising both directly and indirectly from tourism, to assess the ratio of total to direct effects, ...

This report provides a brief historical introduction to human settlement and endeavour at Kaikoura. It reviews the myriad factors, both Māori and Pakeha, which establish the context for contemporary patterns of tourism ...

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 ...