Earlier this week, Tourism New Zealand announced that it is about to launch its largest advertising campaign at the UK.
The new advertising campaign will include eight different television commercials, each lasting forty seconds, and some online activity. The campaign will start on the 7th September.
The promotion will feature the tagline ‘What do you say UK?’ and will show British travellers in New Zealand, visiting main tourist attractions and talking about the experience.
The Chief Executive of Tourism New Zealand, George Hickton, stated that they hope the campaign will make the prospect of visiting New Zealand more achievable for British holidaymakers.
He said:
“While the 100% Pure New Zealand campaign has helped New Zealand stay a very aspirational holiday for the British, the new campaign will give consumers a reason to come now.”
From January to June 2008, more than 290,000 visitors from the UK arrived in New Zealand, making the UK its second largest tourist market.
Flights to cities in New Zealand such as Auckland or Wellington are available from major UK airports and include the likes of Qantas and Air New Zealand.
New Zealand is one of the top destinations for luxury holidays for many people on this side of the Atlantic. However, when you go looking for New Zealand holiday deals, how many people would be interested in shark diving?
In Dunedin, New Zealand, two men are launching a venture to allow tourists to cage-dive with the sharks, and not just any sharks, but great white sharks.
Tourists will be dropped into the Foveaux Strait waters in a two metre high aluminium cage.
Co-owner of the Great White Southern Dive Company, Peter Dryden, said that the cage is practically indestructible and one his first cage dive, he sae five of the giant sharks, accordin gto the Otango Daily Times. Peter said:
“It’s pretty awesome. It’s something you can’t describe. They’re amazing.”
He also added that there is no need to fear aggression from the sharks on these cage dives, as has been known in other cage dives around the globe:
“I think it’s because they are not hungry. There’s plenty of food for them to eat around Stewart Island. Cages dropped in South Africa and South Australia have had their air hoses chomped through by the sharks. But our cage is indestructible because it sits just below the surface by the boat.”
Visitors can expect to pay approximately $500 or £190 per person per day for the tours.
Queenstown sits on an edge of Lake Wakatipu and faces the Remarkable Mountains. The top of Bob’s Peak gives a breathtaking view the Remarkables mountain range, Coronet Peak and Lake Wakatipu.
A popular tourist town
A popular tourist town, the visitors to Queenstown range from backpackers to luxury tourists, whether you’re looking for a cheap holiday or a more luxury holiday. It has something for everyone. Exciting and adventurous day activities and a vibrant nightlife
Queenstown offers many fun activities like:
• Bungee Jumping – specially from Kawarau Bridge
• Ski slopes
• The Shotover Jet is an exciting jet boat ride. High-speed jet boats carry passengers over shallow waters in a canyon performing stunts like 360-degree pirouettes in the water.
• Horseback riding – takes you through valleys and across shallow rivers.
• Parasailing over the lake
• White water rafting
• Scenic flights to beautiful of Milford Sound and Fjordland
The quaint Town Centre offers good quality shopping for knitwear, sheepskin and jade.
Nightlife in Queenstown
• Restaurants serve excellent seafood, game, lamb, venison and beef.
• Bars are open dusk to dawn. Nights buzz with live jazz.
A visit to the South Island would be incomplete without a stop at Queensland.
