Adventure tourism to be reviewed

Labour Minister Kate Wilkinson is preparing a cabinet paper to present her recommendations on the adventure tourism review to Parliament.

The review was ordered by Prime Minister John Key, who is also Minister of Tourism, in September 2009, after he received a letter from the father of Emily Jordan, the 21-year-old English tourist who drowned during a riverboarding trip in April 2008.

The review has been overseen by a steering group comprising representatives from the Department of Labour, Ministry of Transport, Civil Aviation Authority, Tourism Industry Association, Maritime New Zealand, ACC, the Queenstown Lakes District Council, the Department of Conservation and Outdoors New Zealand.

The first report released in February gave an overview of the industry after consultation with operators.

The final report from the Labour Department was handed to Ms Wilkinson on June 10 and she said she would consider the findings before giving her recommendations.

A spokesman for Ms Wilkinson said on July 6 no specific date had been set for the discussion of the review in cabinet, but it was expected to take place within a few weeks.

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