Aussie avalanche may follow eruption
Expect to see more Australians on the slopes this year. That' s according to Whakapapa marketing manager, Scott Lee, who recently returned from a saies trip through Queensland where he says the interest in North Island skiing has grown substantially. "Last year' s eruption has really raised awareness about skiing in the North Island and the increased airline capacity from Brisbane to Auckland and services to Hamilton and Palmerston North have encouraged tour wholesalers
to look at developing North Island products," he said. Scott travelled with a New Zealand Tourism Board road show, to most of the towns in Queensland, speaking at travel agent seminars and public shows. He estimates that he spoke to over 600 travel agents during his visit. Scott said that as well as skiers coming for a ski holiday there was a lot of interest in two or three days' "snow experience" as part of a week to 10-day North Island winter holiday ;
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Ruapehu Bulletin, Volume 13, Issue 633, 23 April 1996, Page 3
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