New Zealand

$7m tourism campaign pitches to UK visitors

Tourism New Zealand will launch its biggest ever British marketing campaign next month in a bid to stem the fall in visitor numbers from our second largest tourism market.

UK Tourists In Quake Zone

Tourists safe after China quake

Nineteen UK tourists who were visiting a region in China when a massive earthquake struck have been found safe, the British ambassador says.

Fourteen were flown from the Wolong area in Sichuan, famed for its panda reserve, to Chengdu, with five due to fly out later, Sir William Ehrman said.

UK

Rabies alert for tourists in France

British tourists are being urged to be on their guard after a case of rabies was confirmed in France.

Authorities there have identified four potential areas where people may have been exposed to rabies, which was confirmed in a dog on February 26.

The UK's Health Protection Agency (HPA) said the risk of rabies is "ongoing" in ... read more