Pillar Two

Travel to a Thriving Future

Pillar two

Restore the environment and decarbonise the visitor economy

Implement sustainable practices to rejuvenate natural landscapes and achieve a carbon-zero tourism sector by 2030.

Objectives:

Reach carbon zero by 2030

Achieve zero waste and pollution

Ensure biodiversity health

Project One: Community Engagement

Ensure that continual input from residents provides a better understanding of how tourism can support community plans, values and cultural heritage. Community identity and values of place are understood and supported by the community, tourism businesses and visitors.

Action 2023 2024 2025 >2026
1. Take responsibility for addressing the transportation emissions (Scope 3) that bring visitors and supplies to Queenstown Lakes. Ongoing
2. Decarbonise the built environment (hotels, restaurants, airport, meeting spaces, etc.) including improving energy efficiency.
3. Decarbonise emissions associated with visitor experiences, hospitality and attractions. Ongoing
4. Identify system-wide initiatives that will increase the length of visitor stays, while reducing their emissions profile.
5. Reduce polluting emissions from road vehicles and relieve traffic congestion by improving infrastructure and changing traveller behaviour.
6. Ensure support for businesses to make the transition, similar to the New Zealand Farm Assurance Programme Plus (NZFAP Plus).
7. Consider incorporating a price on carbon or advocating for national carbon pricing to reduce complexity and increase adoption and or other high-leverage points.
8. Secure funding to implement all of the above activities and any others that move the district toward decarbonisation. This plan is ambitious, and to be successful it will take all types of funding; private, public, access to debt finance, non-dilutive public capital, and philanthropy.

Project One: Community Engagement

Ensure that continual input from residents provides a better understanding of how tourism can support community plans, values and cultural heritage. Community identity and values of place are understood and supported by the community, tourism businesses and visitors.

Action 2023 2024 2025 >2026
1. Take responsibility for addressing the transportation emissions (Scope 3) that bring visitors and supplies to Queenstown Lakes. Ongoing
2. Decarbonise the built environment (hotels, restaurants, airport, meeting spaces, etc.) including improving energy efficiency.
3. Decarbonise emissions associated with visitor experiences, hospitality and attractions. Ongoing
4. Identify system-wide initiatives that will increase the length of visitor stays, while reducing their emissions profile.
5. Reduce polluting emissions from road vehicles and relieve traffic congestion by improving infrastructure and changing traveller behaviour.
6. Ensure support for businesses to make the transition, similar to the New Zealand Farm Assurance Programme Plus (NZFAP Plus).
7. Consider incorporating a price on carbon or advocating for national carbon pricing to reduce complexity and increase adoption and or other high-leverage points.
8. Secure funding to implement all of the above activities and any others that move the district toward decarbonisation. This plan is ambitious, and to be successful it will take all types of funding; private, public, access to debt finance, non-dilutive public capital, and philanthropy.

Project One: Community Engagement

Ensure that continual input from residents provides a better understanding of how tourism can support community plans, values and cultural heritage. Community identity and values of place are understood and supported by the community, tourism businesses and visitors.

Action 2023 2024 2025 >2026
1. Take responsibility for addressing the transportation emissions (Scope 3) that bring visitors and supplies to Queenstown Lakes. Ongoing
2. Decarbonise the built environment (hotels, restaurants, airport, meeting spaces, etc.) including improving energy efficiency.
3. Decarbonise emissions associated with visitor experiences, hospitality and attractions. Ongoing
4. Identify system-wide initiatives that will increase the length of visitor stays, while reducing their emissions profile.
5. Reduce polluting emissions from road vehicles and relieve traffic congestion by improving infrastructure and changing traveller behaviour.
6. Ensure support for businesses to make the transition, similar to the New Zealand Farm Assurance Programme Plus (NZFAP Plus).
7. Consider incorporating a price on carbon or advocating for national carbon pricing to reduce complexity and increase adoption and or other high-leverage points.
8. Secure funding to implement all of the above activities and any others that move the district toward decarbonisation. This plan is ambitious, and to be successful it will take all types of funding; private, public, access to debt finance, non-dilutive public capital, and philanthropy.

Project One: Community Engagement

Ensure that continual input from residents provides a better understanding of how tourism can support community plans, values and cultural heritage. Community identity and values of place are understood and supported by the community, tourism businesses and visitors.

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Action 2023 2024 2025 >2026
1. Take responsibility for addressing the transportation emissions (Scope 3) that bring visitors and supplies to Queenstown Lakes. Ongoing
2. Decarbonise the built environment (hotels, restaurants, airport, meeting spaces, etc.) including improving energy efficiency.
3. Decarbonise emissions associated with visitor experiences, hospitality and attractions. Ongoing
4. Identify system-wide initiatives that will increase the length of visitor stays, while reducing their emissions profile.
5. Reduce polluting emissions from road vehicles and relieve traffic congestion by improving infrastructure and changing traveller behaviour.
6. Ensure support for businesses to make the transition, similar to the New Zealand Farm Assurance Programme Plus (NZFAP Plus).
7. Consider incorporating a price on carbon or advocating for national carbon pricing to reduce complexity and increase adoption and or other high-leverage points.
8. Secure funding to implement all of the above activities and any others that move the district toward decarbonisation. This plan is ambitious, and to be successful it will take all types of funding; private, public, access to debt finance, non-dilutive public capital, and philanthropy.

Project One: Community Engagement

Ensure that continual input from residents provides a better understanding of how tourism can support community plans, values and cultural heritage. Community identity and values of place are understood and supported by the community, tourism businesses and visitors.

Action 2023 2024 2025 >2026
1. Take responsibility for addressing the transportation emissions (Scope 3) that bring visitors and supplies to Queenstown Lakes. Ongoing
2. Decarbonise the built environment (hotels, restaurants, airport, meeting spaces, etc.) including improving energy efficiency.
3. Decarbonise emissions associated with visitor experiences, hospitality and attractions. Ongoing
4. Identify system-wide initiatives that will increase the length of visitor stays, while reducing their emissions profile.
5. Reduce polluting emissions from road vehicles and relieve traffic congestion by improving infrastructure and changing traveller behaviour.
6. Ensure support for businesses to make the transition, similar to the New Zealand Farm Assurance Programme Plus (NZFAP Plus).
7. Consider incorporating a price on carbon or advocating for national carbon pricing to reduce complexity and increase adoption and or other high-leverage points.
8. Secure funding to implement all of the above activities and any others that move the district toward decarbonisation. This plan is ambitious, and to be successful it will take all types of funding; private, public, access to debt finance, non-dilutive public capital, and philanthropy.

Projects in Progress

Looking for updates on the progress toward regenerative tourism? Browse the projects below to see what we've been up to.

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