Media Releases

Water is the new gold! The Tourism Export Council (TEC), which earlier in the year led the freshwater discussion on behalf of the tourism industry by […]

The Tourism Export Council has produced a new “how to work with an inbound tour operator” video and power-point presentation to assist product suppliers, RTOs, TNZ and […]

Young TEC Wins PATA Gold Education & Training Award 2016! Disbelief then excitement was how Lesley Immink, CEO Tourism Export Council describes Young TEC winning the […]

Its been a stellar season for the tourism industry and the shoulder season months are stacked with incentives and group travel which is just what the […]

Tourism Industry Supports Petition for Freshwater Policy to Parliament The Tourism Export Council was delighted to be with the Choose Clean Water team and continue the […]

The Tourism Export Council would like to thank all those tourism, travel and hospitality operators who have signed the “Choose Clean Water Petition”. The team were […]

Queenstown’s hotel shortage might be tarnishing New Zealand’s reputation as a tourist destination. A senior manager at an inbound tour company said large groups unable to […]

Tourism Industry wants strong protection for Lake Taylor New Zealand waterways are again suffering abuse at the hands of weak legislation. Over the past week, several […]

Tourism Export Council Supports “Choose Clean Water Tour” The Tourism Export Council New Zealand (TECNZ) is pleased to confirm both political and financial support to the […]

The TEC Inbound Tour Operator Report in partnership with ATEED is now available for members. Please respect that the data collected in report should not be […]

Immigration NZ has a new Immigration visa fact sheet – Nov 2015

New Zealand’s most photographed Church needs industry help! Visitor numbers to the Church of the Good Shepherd have reached 300,000 per annum and there are issues […]

Half of international visitors still using inbound tour operators for travel Research conducted by Auckland Tourism, Events and Economic Development and the Tourism Export Council New […]

INTERNATIONAL DRIVERS INFORMATION The Tourism Export Council (TEC) with the Rental Vehicle Association (RVA) two years ago started the process of looking at visiting international driving […]

WHY LEARNING MANDARIN AND OTHER LANGUAGES ARE IMPORTANT TO NEW ZEALAND   China is the largest outbound international visitor market with more than 100 million per […]

PRESIDENT MARTIN HORGAN – TOURISM EXPORT COUNCIL CONFERENCE SPEECH 2015 Firstly I want to congratulate you all on what has been an excellent year of success […]

YOUNG TEC EXCELLENCE AWARD WINNER! The Tourism Export Council of New Zealand announced Monday 17 August at the National Tourism Conference awards event held at Larnach […]

Top tour operators recognised by industry Three of New Zealand’s top operators have been recognised as the best in the business by their industry peers at […]

IS THE SKYCITY CONVENTION CENTRE OUR CATHEDRAL BUILDING PROJECT? (Opinion piece) It is with utter surprise and dismay that in recent weeks I am reading the […]

INSIDE TOURISM – ARTICLE 19 November 2014 G20 TOURISM’S NEW FRONTIERS REPORT The CEO of Tourism Export Council, Lesley Immink last week attended the G20 Tourism […]

Wai-O-Tapu Thermal Wonderland is happy to announce that we have recently been named one of the 20 Most Surreal Places to visit in the World by […]

SAVE THE DATES!           Monday 17 and Tuesday 18 August 2015  Congratulations to Enterprise Dunedin who were successful with their bid to host the 2015 Tourism […]

Released at the Tourism Conference 2014 was the new guide on “how to work with a New Zealand Inbound Tour Operator”. The “Planning for Inbound Success” […]

INAUGURAL YOUNG TEC EXCELLENCE AWARD WINNER! The Tourism Export Council of New Zealand announced today at the national tourism conference awards event held at the Claudelands […]

Top tour operators recognised by industry Two of New Zealand’s top operators have been recognised as the best in the business by their industry peers at […]

(Auckland, New Zealand) Tourism Radio (http://www.tourismradio.co.nz) is fully committed to ensuring self-drive visitors to New Zealand get the best safety information available, as soon as they […]

The Tourism Export Council and TIA have recently submitted to Immigration New Zealand suggestions to add more tourism and hospitality related positions to the Essential Skills […]

Tourism Export Council supports the Tourism 2025 framework Chief Executive of the Tourism Export Council, Lesley Immink, congratulates Martin Snedden and the project team on Tourism […]

TOURISM BUSINESS MAGAZINE – JAN/FEB 2014 Being the start of the year it is an opportune time to indicate the priorities for the Tourism Export Council […]

Big benefits are set to come to Hamilton Waikato after it was announced the region will host the 2014 Tourism Export Council Conference. A review of […]