Are tramping tourists a liability?

December 2018

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December 2018

Search and rescue figures have found Kiwis are more likely to be rescued than tourists on some popular tracks. Photo: Chris Prudden
Following another death of a tourist in the backcountry, the safety of tramping tourists is again in the spotlight. But are they any more likely than New Zealanders to come to grief on a tramping track? It had a familiarly tragic plot. A tourist sets off ill-prepared on a challenging alpine walk. The weather deteriorates, […]
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