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    Tourism, growth and infrastructure demands: data review and gap analysis
    (Lincoln University. Tourism Recreation Research and Education Centre, 2004-08) Dakers, Andrew J.; Simmons, David G.
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    Tourism, water, wastewater and waste services in small towns
    (Lincoln University. Tourism Recreation Research and Education Centre, 2004-03) Cullen, Ross; Dakers, A.; Meyer-Hubbert, G.
    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 Springs and Kaikoura are small towns and cater for steadily increasing numbers of tourists each year - now in excess of one million visits per year to Kaikoura. The research, funded by the Ministry of Economic Development and Canterbury Development Corporation, included four seven-day snapshot studies (in July 2003, October 2003 and December/January 2004) of water, wastewater and waste services in the townships. Tourists directly and indirectly use the water, wastewater and solid waste services provided by the District Councils in those townships. The research also examines the funding of the water, wastewater and solid waste systems in the township. A particular focus is tourism demand for these services.Part One of the report studies the rates and charges used at present in each of the townships to fund these services. Part Two of the report provides a Toolkit to aid Territorial Local Authorities (TLAs) in the management of water, wastewater and solid wastes in small townships. The Toolkit developed is the culmination of four intensive seven-day snapshot studies completed in Hanmer Springs and Kaikoura during 2003-2004.
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    Emerging tourism planning processes and practices in New Zealand : a local and regional perspective
    (Lincoln University. Tourism Recreation Research and Education Centre, 2003-07) Jones, T.; Shone, Michael C.; Memon, Pyar A.
    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 key objective of this study was to document existing and emerging tourism policies and practices within the local government sector in New Zealand. Within the core themes of tourism enablement and management, the issues of inter, and intra, organisational relationships were addressed by this research. The findings from this study provide an assessment of current practices and review future options for more integrated regional planning and management of New Zealand tourism.
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    Sustainable management of natural assets used for tourism in New Zealand : a classification system, management guidelines and indicators
    (Lincoln University. Tourism Recreation Research and Education Centre, 2003-02) Hughey, Kenneth F. D.; Ward, Jonet C.
    Nature and recreation based activities are significant components of the tourism industry in New Zealand. Growing numbers of visitors, and the needs of statutory resource managers, have placed pressure on tourism operators and providers to effectively avoid, remedy and/or mitigate existing and potential effects of tourism. At the same time there is also pressure to provide a quality visitor experience and to operate tourism enterprises profitably. Although a major review and investigation into the environmental effects associated with the tourism sector was carried out by the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment (PCE) in 1997, standard tools for identifying and monitoring visitor impacts, and generic guidelines for management, are currently not widely applied or available to many operators. In this report we develop and apply a framework for the integrated management of natural assets used for tourism. We concentrate in particular on developing three related products: 1) a simple and applied tourism asset classification framework; 2) a framework for sustainable management of natural assets incorporating management and monitoring guidelines; and 3) a set of Environmental Performance Indicators for Natural Assets used for Tourism consistent with other sets being developed by the Ministry for the Environment.
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    Issues and indicators of acceptable change : a study of visitors’ and stakeholders’ concerns about three natural attractions in the Paparoa area, West Coast, South Island, New Zealand
    (Lincoln University. Tourism Recreation Research and Education Centre, 2001-03) Johnson, V.; Ward, Jonet C.; Hughey, Kenneth F. D.
    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 Black Petrel colony. Questions in the surveys and interviews were based on the Limits of Acceptable Change (LAC) framework to identify potential indicators of change at the site, and were developed from previous studies using this system. The surveys gathered information on visitors' experience of the Pancake Rocks and Fox River caves, and people's sensitivity to impacts encountered at the sites. This was done using self-administered questionnaires on-site immediately after the visit. Stakeholders were interviewed about their issues and concerns for all three sites, and were asked to provide a list of potential indicators of acceptable change.