$200m tourism package targets five South Island regions and future 'recovery and reset'

$200m tourism package targets five South Island regions and future ‘recovery and reset’

The funding is targeted at a number of areas including

$49m kick-start fund for tourism businesses to restart ahead of international visitors arriving
$26m for Regional Tourism Organisations to plan, promote and market tourism activities
$20m to diversify the Queenstown-Wanaka region away from tourism
$16.5m for local councils to apply for new spending
$15m to transform Milford Sound-Piopiotahi
$14m which will be used to convert loans from Inbound Tour Operators, allocated last year, to grants
$10m in grants for tourism businesses to get expert planning advice
$10m in grants to help businesses implement those plans
$10m in waived concession fees for around 1000 tourism business operators, trading on public conservation land
$10m for a Tourism Industry Transformation Plan to create a more sustainable tourism model
$4.5m for psychological and social wellbeing support and training

The Southland Times – $200m tourism package targets five South Island regions and future ‘recovery and reset’ – 6 May 2021