Fresh Destination Management Plan for Whanganui seeks 'iconic visitor experience'
28 Jan, 2021 04:00 PM
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Laurel Stowell is a reporter for the Whanganui Chroniclelaurel.stowell@whanganuichronicle.co.nzWhangaChron
Whanganui River's status as a living entity and its importance to iwi have to be at the centre of an iconic experience for visitors, Paul Chaplow says.
He's the visitor industries leader for Whanganui District
Council's economic development agency, Whanganui & Partners, and is getting "an over-arching template for the development of Whanganui as a destination" together.
The river, arts, heritage and wellness are themes that tourism stakeholders say should be important in the new Destination Management Plan.