Tourism Commentary
Appearances
Global News Podcast
Trump calls Zelensky a 'dictator'
Tourism, it's a big part of the economy. And it hasn't really bounced back since COVID times. And that's really what the Prime Minister, Christopher Luxon, was getting at. But this is the beginning of what's really going to be a big rollout of an encouragement of people coming back over to New Zealand for tourism purposes. It's landed in a strange place.
Global News Podcast
Trump calls Zelensky a 'dictator'
You know, like the Labour Party has been critical of it. They're the largest party in opposition here. They have said that it sounds a bit like a clearance sale, you know, like bargain bin kind of territory, which is perhaps not the sort of thing that you'd be wanting to give us the message when it comes to tourism.
Global News Podcast
Trump calls Zelensky a 'dictator'
The Green Party as well, they have concerns around things like biodiversity and endangered species when it comes to tourism. And their spokesperson said that they thought it sounded a little bit like a queue for the toilets, that everyone must go has a slightly different resonance when you think about it like that. Quite a lot of people have been mocking this as well.
Global News Podcast
Trump calls Zelensky a 'dictator'
People think it's quite a strange way to try and get people to come over The thing that I find so extraordinary about New Zealand is the variation. Beautiful mountains. It's big country. It's got enormous sand dunes in places, you know, and there's kind of everything in between. We have super volcanoes here. The west coast of the South Island is utterly breathtaking.
Global News Podcast
Trump calls Zelensky a 'dictator'
It's one of those places that when I first went there, you drive around a corner and you think, oh, my God, we have to stop the car. It's the most beautiful thing I've ever seen in my life. I mean, it's an extraordinarily varied country when you look at the geography.
Global News Podcast
Trump calls Zelensky a 'dictator'
But then if you overlay the different cultures, obviously the indigenous Maori culture, it's really a country of huge diversity as well. Everyone must go. I mean, I sort of hesitate to say it because it's the government phrase and I'm a journalist, but I came on holiday here and now I live here. So what does that tell you?
Global News Podcast
Trump calls Zelensky a 'dictator'
Also in this podcast... They have said that it sounds a bit like a clearance sale, you know, like bargain bin kind of territory, which is perhaps not the sort of thing that you'd be wanting to give us the message when it comes to tourism.