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Police are praising bystanders who lifted a tree off five foreign tourists, including a family of four with two preschoolers, at the Shotover Jet base in Queenstown today.

The outgoing New Zealand High Commissioner to the Cook Islands says the country needs to diversify its economy.

A tourism researcher says he doesn't believe New Zealand's ready for a predicted increase in foreign tourism.

Police have arrested a further two men and released CCTV footage of the moment the bomb exploded in the Northern Ireland city of Derry.

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KiwiRail has confirmed plans to replace its three ageing Cook Strait ferries with two new, larger, purpose-built rail ferries.

A crime spree linked to notorious prison escapee Tommy Baker has companies in Papua New Guinea's Milne Bay province threatening to close.

The government wants to capitalise on the boom in one of our largest visitor markets by joining forces with China to promote tourism between the two countries.

The Northern Marianas tourism boss is thanking social media for marketing the territory as a same-sex marriage destination.

The National Party tourism spokesperson says it's clear the tourism industry doesn't have confidence in the minister to do his job, given they've asked the Prime Minister to appoint an associate.

Nearly 800-thousand visitor arrivals were recorded in Fiji from January to November last year.

The Marianas Visitors Authority in the CNMI says the legalisation of marijuana is concerning as key tourist markets equate its use to that of much harder drugs.

A Christchurch City Councillor's idea to sell local water overseas has been criticised by some who say that there is simply no water to spare.

Foul play has been ruled out in the deaths of six fur seal pups found decapitated in Banks Peninsula in Canterbury.

With more than five million visitors expected to arrive by 2024, a tourism strategy is being developed to help the industry handle the predicted growth.

Small businesses can feel the crunch at this time of the year, as most of the country goes on holiday without paying their bills.

The lack of a government agency to oversee how campervans are gaining their self-contained status has the New Zealand Motor Caravan Association worried.

Tourism Minister Kelvin Davis will not challenge the Prime Minister's decision not to appoint an associate minister, he says.

The Samoa government is hosting a three-day visit by the president of the Asian Development Bank, Takehiko Nakao, who visited a solar energy project soon after arriving at Faleolo airport yesterday.

A push for sustainable tourism is being embraced by the industry as visitor numbers look set to boom.