Tourism Dunedin

A series of unmet targets led Dunedin city councillors this week to question whether Tourism Dunedin could handle more responsibility.

Dunedin tourism operators will be happy just to maintain the status quo this year, in what they describe as a tough market.

Forget ladies' night. Dunedin is set to host a ladies' season.

Constantly feeding and nurturing its website as if it was a living and dynamic entity has won Tourism Dunedin a major award at the 2012 eTourism conference in Auckland.

Tourism Dunedin is working on attracting more conferences to Dunedin after the city failed to meet its market-share targets for conferences in 2011 and sits behind target in 2012.

Growth in newly emerged tourism markets such as China has yet to translate into a significant increase in visitor numbers in Queenstown, the resort's marketing organisation told its members yesterday.

The council will investigate the possibility of increasing some business' rates to cover costs incurred by tourists to the council.

Dunedin tourism operators need to prepare for higher numbers of "budget Australian" visitors as the cruise-ship market changes, a group was told yesterday.

The return of the world's largest youth tour operator to Dunedin will help boost visitor numbers to the Speight's Brewery by 15%.

The potential of Forsyth Barr Stadium and the lucrative Chinese market has resulted in new appointments for the organisation charged with marketing Dunedin to the world.