Industry News

New programme launched to advance tourism sustainability

A new online programme to enable tourism businesses has been launched by the tourism
industry’s leading representative body.

2023 TSC Annual Declaration - Summary of Results

The results are in for the 2023 TSC Annual Declaration.

Tourism leaders put ‘green’ aspirations into action   

May 2022

A brand-new initiative to encourage the Coastal Bay of Plenty’s visitor sector to work towards a zero carbon and regenerative future has launched in Bowentown.

Moving from Commitment to Action

March 2022

Last year, WellingtonNZ chose to work with Tourism Industry Aotearoa on a pilot project for 12 tourism operators to accelerate their sustainability journeys. This work activated our Tourism Sustainability Commitment (TSC), allowing us to learn some valuable lessons and confirm prior hunches.

Tourism Industry Challenge to Cut Carbon

Dec 2021

The Tourism Carbon Challenge urges every tourism business to measure its carbon footprint, to take action to significantly reduce carbon emissions by 2030, and contribute to a tourism industry that is net zero carbon ahead of New Zealand’s 2050 goal.

Sustainable Tourism Training Programme Success

Dec 2021

TIA and Wellington NZ recently celebrated the successful completion of a Sustainable Tourism programme which supported 12 Wellington tourism businesses to apply the Tourism Sustainability Commitment within their operations.

International Recognition for Tourism Sustainability Commitment

Nov 2021

The Tourism Sustainability Commitment has won the 2021 Skål International Sustainable Tourism Award.

Wellington tourism businesses head to a carbon neutral future

TIA has been appointed as the provider for the Sustainable Tourism pilot programme.

Toitū Resources to get you started

Toitu Envirocare has produced a range of webinars designed to get businesses started in their sustainability journey.

Toitū Envirocare Offer for TIA Members

TIA and Toitū Envirocare (formerly Enviro-Mark Solutions) have partnered up to help tourism businesses measure their carbon footprint

Sign up to RefillNZ

RefillNZ has come up with a solution to tackle Aotearoa's single-use plastic bottle problem.

Tourism & its climate impacts

Swedish academic and sustainable tourism specialist Stefan Gössling on tourism and its climate impacts spoke at the inaugural Tourism Policy School in Queenstown in 2019. He gave a short, sharp scientific appraisal of tourism and its climate impacts.

Stefan is a professor at the Linnaeus University School of Business and Economics and Lund University's Department of Service Management.

10 questions for suppliers

8 April 2019

The top 10 sustainability questions to ask your suppliers… before your customers ask you.

Telling the Tourism Story

Welcoming, supportive communities are a vital part of what New Zealand has to offer our visitors. TIA's 'Tourism Story' project aims to find ways to support all sectors of the industry to tell their stories better, from the small town holiday park providing local employment opportunities and supporting local suppliers, to the big corporate donating thousands of dollars to environmental causes.

Steering the Australasian cruise industry towards sustainability

New Zealand Cruise Association, Cruise Lines International Association and Australian Cruise Association have released the first Cruise Industry Sustainability Guide in this region to showcase the work being done by the industry to preserve the world’s pristine waterways.

Travellers invited to care for New Zealand

Seven key New Zealand organisations have joined forces to conceive and develop Tiaki – Care for New Zealand, an initiative that actively encourages international and domestic travellers to act as guardians of Aotearoa.

Recycling plastic a game-changer for NZ environment

Around 20,000 tonnes of PET, or polyester plastic, is imported into New Zealand every year for plastic packaging. It’s the most used packaging material in the world, and innovative plastics company Flight Plastics in Lower Hutt have just recycled their first 1000 tonnes of it.

Tourism industry aims for sustainability

Tourism Industry Aotearoa has today launched the New Zealand Tourism Sustainability Commitment, establishing eight Goals for the tourism industry to attain by 2025. Individual businesses are being invited to adopt 14 Commitments designed to support the industry to reach the Goals. A new website www.sustainabletourism.nz has also been launched today.