Ruapehu tourism display set up in region

Ruapehu Bulletin, Volume 6, Issue 306, 26 September 1989, Page 12

Ruapehu tourism display set up in region

Waiouru Museum, Ruapehu South Business Association and the Taumarunui District Promotion and Development Association joined forces at the recent Auckland Travel Trade show.

The group's aim was to focus Auckland visitors attention on the Ruapehu Region. RSBA chairman Sue Allomes said "the exhibition gave us the opportunity to meet and talk to thousands of Auckland people." The show is New Zealand's largest tourist forum and operators, tourist groups and airlines from all over the world presented a lively, colourful and exciting spectacle, said Sue. The group's intention was to attract show visitors to the central North Island playground. The display was built, transported, erected and manned by Waiouru Army Museum staff. Business people from

Waiouru, Raetihi, Ohakune, National Park, Owhango and

Taumarunui funded and helped man the display. "No doubt, without the support of the museum staff and Major Dave Mowatt, the museum curator, such a mammoth task would

not have been possible," said Sue Allomes. The display was to be erected in the Ruapehu Information Centre in Clyde Street Ohakune and is to remain there for two weeks. The project was co-

ordinated by Aroha Rudkin of the TDPDA. Sue said further cooperative efforts are planned for1 the future with shopping mall promotion and specialist exhibitions in 1990 being booked.