The Moeraki Boulders, south of Oamaru, are one of 43 identified ‘‘geosites’’ in the Waitaki district. "This is about how tourism operators interrelate but one of the features about `geotrails' is that they tend to link more than one activity or attraction, or way of getting around the area, which necessitates interactions between those different operators. "Geotrails may be a mechanism for encouraging people to work more closely together." In Waitaki, the area's food and wine has been highlighted, and work has begun on a "geogastronomy trail", the trust says. "It just means that people do have to travel around the district - and obviously that helps spread the benefit," Mr Kircher said.

Source: Otago Daily Times July 19, 2019 16:30 UTC