Theme: How can we effectively resource New Zealand’s tourism system? Global, National and Regional perspectives

In recent years, dynamic and ongoing fluctuations in government priorities, visitation patterns and volumes, and tourism funding sources, coupled with ageing public infrastructure, has contributed to vulnerabilities in the New Zealand tourism system. Fundamental to addressing these issues is the need for an effective tourism resourcing system. 

The 2025 Otago Tourism Policy School will focus on potential solutions to these challenges by exploring global, national and regional levers and perspectives for how we might address our most pressing resourcing concerns.

Please note that the Otago Tourism Policy School will be operating under the Chatham House Rule: Anyone attending is free to use information from the discussion but neither the identity nor the affiliation of the speaker(s), nor that of any other participant, may be revealed. The Chatham House Rule does not apply to Session 1.

 Please note that the programme and timing of sessions is subject to change.