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Fiji: “Junior Scientist” program brings marine science to life these school holidays

This September school holidays in New Zealand and Australia, kids are invited to swap the classroom for the ocean and become Junior Scientists as they experience Captain Cook Cruises and the exciting Fiji Island & Reef Day Sail. Designed to inspire curiosity, adventure and a love of the marine environment, the new enhanced program more…

New Zealand: Taupo Tourism shows off in Auckland

Leading Taupō tourism industry businesses, representing a wide range of activities and accommodation, have been in Auckland meeting and talking business with travel trade professionals. The annual Taupō Product Showcase — hosted by Destination Great Lake Taupō (DGLT) — brought 24 tourism businesses to Auckland to meet travel trade buyers and frontline travel agents. The more…

Cook Islands wants tourism to fit its culture, not the reverse

The Cook Islands is growing tourism on its own terms. This tropical destination is one of a growing group of Pacific islands that want tourism to fit its culture, not the reverse. In creating the Cook Islands Destination Stewardship Plan, the country chose a strikingly suitable strategy. With just over 17,000 residents welcoming 187,018 visitors more…

AUSTRIA Wellness: Take a Beer Bath, wrap in Chocolate or swim in Salt

Austria’s wellness hotels and thermal spas keep reimagening the concept of relaxation – and sometimes it gets pretty quirky. Baking bread in a sauna, relaxing in a beer bath or a massage with pumpkin seed oil. If you think you’ve seen it all in the world of wellness, get ready to be surprised! Austria’s wellness more…

Australia: Finally some good news on the Great Barrier Reef

Imagine a plume of brown sediment is washed off the land into Queensland rivers and carried out to sea. Here, it can settle on seagrass and inshore corals, potentially smothering them. River water often also carries nitrogen from fertiliser residue, which can fuel algal growth and damage coral health. We have long known that poor more…

Nature: New report calls for Pacific-wide action to protect whale corridors

A new report launched today ahead of the Pacific Islands Forum is calling for coordinated action to protect the ocean migration routes that connect whales, dolphins and communities across the Pacific, according to the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). Western Pacific Blue Corridors uses satellite tracking and other data of whale movement with local cultural knowledge more…

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Cook Islands wants tourism to fit its culture, not the reverse

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