Maternity Leave Tourism - Germany 2020

Posted 23rd February 2020 to the Otago Daily Times Newspaper Dunedin New Zealand

I find this year a lot more German couples are traveling with babies than before Its nice to see that the country that invented the protestant work ethic really sees the benefits of giving its people a lot of leisure time unlike the poor saps in this country who are driven to burn out by punitive working conditions. It is however not clear why young Germans want to drag crying babies half way around the world to see a country they will never remember. Considering they are well aware and mindful of the environmental damage jet travel causes one has to wonder what is going on. It is also odd how people want to have a long distance holiday when a global pandemic is brewing.
Still, Hats off the a country that takes recreation of its citizens seriously, we could learn something from them.

Tourism Boom New Zealand 2018

Posted 24th January 2018 to the Advocate South Newspaper Te Anau NZ

 I read that once again Tourists are stressing the local population to the limit because of the weight of numbers
Add this with unseasonal heat and it make for a bit of reflection on where this will all end.
After looking at the problem from an overview, some say it’s the overseas Airplanes that are the problem.
Our resorts and roads where designed for the people of a small sparsely populated nation now the Airlines are a bridge to MASSIVE population centers on a scale we can not comprehend and a lot of those flying  are young people with very little money to spend. So why then come here? It’s a wide open country with a generous taxpayer base who are willing to provide them with infrastructure and scenery as well as personal help in the form of Uber cars, free camping, free National Parks and Air B&B.

The Airlines are not just taking tourists for a ride they are taking us all for a ride. And we have to pay the fare, off shore.
Also the overseas online services are clipping tourism tickets on a big scale too.