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Queenstown (Māori: Tāhuna) [3] is a resort town in Otago in the south-west of New Zealand's South Island.It is the seat and largest town in the Queenstown-Lakes District.. The town located on the northwestern edge of Lake Wakatipu, a long, thin, Z-shaped lake formed by glacial processes, and has views of nearby mountains such as The Remarkables, Cecil Peak, Walter Peak and just above the ...
RealNZ is a New Zealand tourism company based in Queenstown. The company offers a range of travel, cruises and excursions in Queenstown, Milford Sound / Piopiotahi, Te Anau, Fiordland and Stewart Island / Rakiura. [1] It also operates two skifields Cardrona Alpine Resort, and Treble Cone.
Tourism in New Zealand comprised an important sector of the national economy – tourism directly contributed NZ$16.2 billion (or 5.8%) of the country's GDP in the year ended March 2019. [2] As of 2016 [update] tourism supported 188,000 full-time-equivalent jobs (nearly 7.5% of New Zealand's workforce).
For 2023, 55 villages were recognized by the international organization, which focuses on sustainable tourism, up from 32 last year. The first class of villages was announced in 2021, when the ...
In the year to 31 March 2023, the gross domestic product (GDP) of the Queenstown Lakes District was $3,960m, representing 1% of New Zealand's total GDP. Based on ANZSIC categories, the industry sector with the largest contribution to the Queenstown Lakes District GDP was accommodation and food services, at 14.1%.
Queenstown from Bob's Peak. Queenstown Central had a population of 2,502 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 318 people (14.6%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 297 people (13.5%) since the 2006 census. There were 651 households, comprising 1,281 males and 1,215 females, giving a sex ratio of 1.05 males per female, with 156 ...
Residents were evacuated to Queenstown and Strahan after it was decided that the school was no longer a safe locale for residents to gather. [29] 2023 crime drama, dark comedy series, Bay of Fires, starring Marta Dusseldorp was filmed at locations in Zeehan, Queenstown and Strahan in 2022. [30] [31]
The prominent hill above Queenstown known as Bob's Peak (itself part of Ben Lomond) was a popular vantage point, but difficult to access due to the steep terrain.Ian Hamilton, a bus company owner, had a road cut in 1961 with a gradient of 1 in 4.5 in places so that he could drive tourists to the view point.