DOC crackdown on illegal tourism operators

July 2019

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DOC staff conducted concession checks at popular South Island tourist spots including at Blue Pools, pictured. Photo: Shellie Evans
More than 1000 tourism operators are suspected of operating illegally without a concession or breaching concession conditions and 30 aircraft operators are being investigated following a DOC crackdown. The department has been policing concessions at popular tourist sites in the South Island for the second year in a row last summer as part of an […]
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