New Zealand’s landscape under pressure from booming tourist industry, report says
Country could face Venice-style overcrowding and lose tranquility that attracts visitors in the first place, says commissioner
New Zealand’s booming tourist industry is threatening to ruin its most popular landscapes and could see the country face the kind of overcrowding seen in cities such as Amsterdam, Venice and Barcelona, a new report has warned.
International visitor numbers are approaching four million and could rise to 10–13 million every year by 2050, said the report by the parliamentary commissioner for the environment, Simon Upton.
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