Before the pandemic, 160,000 people walked Tongariro Alpine Crossing in a year. Photo: Matthew Cattin

Is tourism’s time up in our national parks?

September 2021

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Jacqui Gibson meets a tourism thought-leader who believes it’s time to charge for access to national parks and to allow iwi to lead their management.

Former park ranger turned tourism sustainability consultant Dave Bamford reckons the Tongariro Alpine Crossing is one of the country’s leading examples of tourism done badly. The crossing is rated as one of the top 10 day hikes in the world, but Bamford says there are too many tourists walking it. The result is too much […]
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