Exploring Tourism/Activities/Responsible Tourism

Objectives
Responsible tourism for the future

Activity
Kaikoura Whale Watch Casestudy

Task
The New Zealand Tourism Strategy 2011 sets "protecting and enhancing the environment" as a key outcome for the industry.

As a country, we have a good environmental record. But there are still challenges. Once such challenge has been met by a small community on the eastern coast of the south island - Kaikoura.

In the early 1980's this former railway community was facing rising unemployment, loss of their young to larger areas and general downturn until local Ngāti Kuri came up with a business proposal which they took to their tribal authority, the Ngai Tahu Māori Trust Board.

View this experience and look at the company website (link below) then describe what and how Whale Watch Kaikoura is endeavouring to meet the the requirements of the outcome.

Supporting Resources
Whale watch