SDC councillors welcome $456,000 tourism infrastructure boostJohn Hawkins Southland District councillor John Douglas. The Government announcement that it will invest $456,000 into two tourism infrastructure projects to support Southland's growing visitor industry has been welcomed by Southland district councillors. And $220,565 is set aside for the provision of freedom camping facilities in the Lumsden town centre. The Southland Regional Development Strategy [SoRDS] was to grow tourism, "and to do that we need basic infrastructure in high growth areas". The investments nationwide were made through the first round of the tourism infrastructure fund.

Source: Stuff December 17, 2017 00:00 UTC