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Tuesday 2 September 2014
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Kiwis love to visit Nelson
Nelson has been ranked as the third most popular holiday spot for Kiwis, shows a survey by travel website Wotif. The survey was released last week and shows Queenstown as the most popular domestic holiday venue, followed by Wellington, Nelson, Wanaka and Auckland. The same survey showed the beach ranked highest when it came to New Zealander’s
favourite place to holiday, which may explain Nelson’s high ranking. Thirty one per cent of the survey’s 1531 respondents said they like to spend their holiday relaxing. The survey’s release is the second piece of good news for the region’s tourism industry, with Nelson City Council last week announcing it was taking full ownership of Nelson Tasman Tourism. It comes after
former half-owner Tasman District Council decided to drop its funding of the tourism marketing and promotions group. Nelson mayor Rachel Reese says the transfer will ensure that the services provided by Nelson Tasman Tourism can continue to be delivered, in a cost-effective manner. “Tourism currently brings over $500 million to the Nelson and Tasman economy.
Nelson City Council is committed to continue investing in the sector through tourism development activities and the i-Site. This is an opportunity to use closer ties with NTT, to leverage major events and our regional facilities in a way that adds value to ratepayers.” Nelson Tasman Tourism chair Phil Taylor says the board welcomes the decision.
Merchant Navy men remembered
Retired captain Tom Rowling looks at a “Red Duster”, a Merchant Navy flag, during the Merchant Navy Parade at Anzac Park on Saturday morning. Photo: Andrew Board.
More than 100 people paid their respects to those who toiled away in Nelson’s once-large Merchant Navy. Nelson once boasted more than 70 shipping companies, making its Merchant Navy one of the biggest in the country. So when in 2010 the government acknowledged the efforts of the Merchant Navy in wartime and created Merchant Navy Day, it was no surprise that Nelson’s annual parade would become so popular. Dave Laws, who helps organise the day, says he’s thrilled with how it’s grown over the four years. “We had a great turn out, really great. I thought the guest speaker was really interesting and it was nice to have the mayor there as well.” Nelson City Council is supporting the day -- which is officially on Wednesday -- by flying the “Red Duster” on top of the council building this week. Dave says the reason the parade and ceremony is so popular in Nelson is because of our history with the sea. “When I first went to sea there were 70 companies here in Nelson. Now it’s just fishing boats, but there’s still a lot of us who worked in the Merchant Navy.”
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