Destination Queenstown wants more money to increase marketing123RF.COM Destination Queenstown wants more moneyQueenstown's regional tourism office wants commercial rate payers to pay more so it can protect their patch. Destination Queenstown is proposing a 10 per cent increase in its funding each year for the next three years. Destination Queenstown's funding was last increased in 2008 when it got an extra $1 million. However, Budd says that while international marketing opportunities have grown significantly, Destination Queenstown's marketing activity has effectively remained flat since 2009. In an introduction to the report Destination Queenstown chairman Matt Hollyer said the recommendation to increase funding was "sensible and prudent."

Source: Stuff March 15, 2018 21:56 UTC