Project

The aim of this research is to develop a data-base that can assist in maximising the performance of tourism as a means of achieving sustainable community development in Golden Bay. Our long-term goal is to provide the ground work for the development of a 'decision support system' that can assist community, industry and government stakeholders in planning and developing future tourism initiatives in Golden Bay.

A  major study examining use of the Internet by New Zealand museums has uncovered both encouraging and disappointing trends emerging within the cultural sector.

The study, now into its second stage – where museums and galleries are being interviewed by the research team – is being conducted by the Tourism Research Institute with Victoria University academics David Mason, Simon Milne, and Jarrod Coburn, and uses a 52-point model to survey every museum and gallery web site in New Zealand.

The focus of this report is on the economic impacts of the Mt Hutt ski area on Methven and the surrounding economy. We review visitor characteristics (including expenditure), the income and employment generation capabilities of the ski area and Methven businesses, the differential economic impacts associated with different market segments, and visitor and local business attitudes to the ski area within Methven.

In May 1999 members of the New Zealand Tourism Research Institute (NZTRI) met with Stephen Fuller of the Karori Wildlife Sanctuary (KWS). We discussed the possible involvement of the NZTRI in developing a program of research for KWS. In June 1999 a further meeting was held to discuss research time frames and to outline the role that the NZTRI could play in achieving two key aims for KWS:

This report focuses on the Glistening Waters Storytelling Festival which was held from 24 - 26 October 1998 at St. Matthew's Collegiate in Masterton. The main goals and objectives of this project are to: increase understanding of the event itself; assess tourist demographics and other visitor characteristics; observe motivational characteristics; analyse the economic impacts of this event on the community; analyse the marketing of the event; provide feedback to the event organisers; establish a database and material for further projects that occur in the Wairarapa region.