Info For Businesses

Last updated: September 2008

This section provides resources and useful links for New Zealand tourism businesses.

Starting a Tourism Business

An online guide for marketing and developing your tourism product (Tourism New Zealand's Give it 100%).

Tourism Research and Data

For a wealth of research information and data relevant to your business, click through to the Ministry of Tourism's Research Website.

NZ Government Business website

Tools to help you start, manage or grow your business and deal with day-to-day challenges along the way.

Tourism in Action

‘Tourism in Action – resources for successful tourism businesses’ is a CD resource available to members of the Tourism Industry Association.

Sustainability for Businesses

Sustainable tourism is about protecting and enhancing the natural environment and resources for future generations, whilst at the same time ensuring long-term economic and socio-cultural benefits.

Sustainability Best Practice Guides

The Ministry of Tourism has recently published eight best practice guides targeted at tourism operators, to help them make their businesses more sustainable.

Marketing

Links for tourism operators looking to start marketing their business.

Tourism Business Training

Information on NZTE's Enterprise Training Programme and the Tourism Roadshows.

Funding

There are a wide range of government and non-government agencies who provide advice, assistance and/or funding for tourism businesses.

Maori Tourism Businesses

The range and quality of Maori tourism product has grown steadily in recent years. The New Zealand Maori Tourism Council (NZMTC) has approximately 450 Maori tourism businesses as registered members.