Vote: Tourism
Output Class > Policy Advice > Tourism
This output class provides advice on economic, environmental and social policy affecting tourism, including implementation of programmes to advance the recommendations of the New Zealand Tourism Strategy 2010 (NZTS 2010) and the government's wider objectives as they relate to the sector, including tourism aspects of major events. It includes the provision and management of tourism research and data to assist in sector decision-making. Further outputs include advice on the government's interests as owner of Tourism New Zealand, the New Zealand Māori Arts and Crafts Institute, and on government's land and property holdings. The following outputs are included in this output class for 2005/2006.
Core Policy Advice
Reflecting government's role as having primary responsibility for implementing the NZTS 2010, the Ministry will provide advice on priorities and will take responsibility to implement these, in partnership with other sector stakeholders as appropriate.
The Ministry will provide advice on policy issues of concern to government, the sector and communities including:
- the interaction between tourists and the physical environment (in particular the conservation estate) and the cultural environment;
- increased awareness and capability of local government to deal with tourism; and
- increasing the capability of the industry through work at the sector level (labour markets) firm level (SME capability development) and individual level (education and training).
The Ministry will deliver programmes that have resulted from policy work over the past two years including:
- a tourism demand subsidy scheme which will assist communities with small ratepayer bases to develop or expand their water and wastewater infrastructure to meet tourism demands; and
- a business assessment and mentoring programme for Māori tourism businesses to assist in raising the quality and quantity of Māori tourism businesses in New Zealand.
Advice on Purchase, Grants and Ownership
This output provides advice on the purchase of services from Tourism New Zealand (TNZ). In 2005/2006 particular focus will be placed on providing leadership to a baseline review of TNZ funding. As part of the baseline review the Ministry will continue its focus on ensuring that the structure and content of the purchase agreement allows for efficient and effective monitoring of TNZ's activities and spending.
Advice on the New Zealand Māori Arts and Crafts Institute is also included in this output.
Research and Statistics
This output provides tourism research and statistics and policy advice on the research needs of the tourism sector. In particular, the Ministry will ensure that government's current tourism data set is increasingly accessible to and used by the private sector in its decision-making, and that an applied research programme that is relevant to both public and private sector needs is developed.
The Ministry will deliver the following programme to enhance understanding of the dynamics of the tourism sector in New Zealand:
- A tourism flows model that utilises a wide body of tourism and related data to determine the flows of tourism activity in New Zealand. This will be set out on a Geographic Information System framework and will integrate sector forecasts to provide future focus.
Advice and Assistance on Major Events
Through providing secretariat support to the Major Events Development Fund, the Ministry will contribute to the implementation of the major events strategy to retain, grow and attract major events that complement New Zealand's image and existing infrastructure and achieve a greater contribution to economic growth. The Ministry will ensure that expenditure on events channelled through Vote Tourism is properly monitored and accounted for.
Land and Property Management
This output involves the management of tourism and other concessions at Wairākei and Rotorua to ensure that risks are appropriately managed, commercial returns are achieved on property holdings, and all legal and contractual obligations are met. Advice will be provided on ensuring that tourism concessionaires are protected throughout the process of resolving outstanding land occupation issues with Contact Energy.
Service Performance
Policy advice will be delivered as agreed with the Minister and as detailed in the Ministry of Economic Development Output Plan.
Generic quantity, quality and timeliness performance measures for all policy advice, Ministerial services and briefings supplied by the Ministry of Economic Development are detailed in Quality Standards for Policy Advice and Ministerial Servicing.
Costs: Output Class - Policy Advice - Tourism
| | 2005/2006
Forecast | 2004/2005
Supple-
mentary
Estimates | 2004/2005
Estimated
Actual |
| | $000 | $000 | $000 |
| Revenue Crown | 6,747 | 5,341 | 5,341 |
| Third Party Revenue | 140 | 120 | 120 |
| Expenses | 6,887 | 5,461 | 5,461 |
| Surplus/(Deficit) | - | - | - |
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