Live Breaking News & Updates on சுற்றுலா அமைச்சர் ஸ்டூவர்ட் நஷ்
Stay updated with breaking news from சுற்றுலா அமைச்சர் ஸ்டூவர்ட் நஷ். Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
Does last week's apology foreshadow another one? stuff.co.nz - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from stuff.co.nz Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Wednesday, 28 July 2021, 1:18 pm The Milford Opportunities Project’s masterplan has innovative, bold and challenging ideas that could radically change the way we look after one of the jewels in New Zealand’s tourism crown, Tourism Industry Aotearoa says. “The Milford corridor from Te Anau to the Sound is a key tourism asset for New Zealand and as such demands special attention,” TIA Chief Executive Chris Roberts says. “The Project was asked to be innovative and challenging and that has been achieved. TIA supports the overall vision of the new masterplan. Many of the details will need to be closely examined and discussed, ....
Visitor numbers peaked in 2019 with 870,000 visitors through Milford Sound, up from 430,000 in 2013 – which most agreed were simply unsustainable. “While Covid set back the numbers, we expect them to return because it is a rare opportunity to visit true wilderness,” Turner said. He stressed that the masterplan was a concept subject to detailed designs, business cases, and government approval, and that it would likely be four to five years before any of the ideas were realised. Complex conversations and negotiations with commercial operators lay ahead as the project moved into its implementation phase, he said. The decision to remove the airstrip was based on four factors, Turner said: the instability of the land under it, the cost of maintaining it, the fact that it took up a third of the flat land in Milford Sound, and that it blocked some of the best views of Mitre Peak. ....
Milford Sound to be transformed if plans approved stuff.co.nz - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from stuff.co.nz Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.