1st August 2020 By Paul Yandall | paul@tourismticker.com | @tourismticker
Dive!Tutukaka has had its application for STAPP support approved. Image: Dive!Tutukaka
The Government has approved 126 tourism businesses for support from its Strategic Tourism Assets Protection Programme.
The businesses will receive a total of $246m in support comprised of a mix of grants up to $500,000 and loans.
So, which operations made the list?
While it did not reveal all 126 businesses today, the Government provided a list of 48 “successful recipients for STAPP funding who are happy to be acknowledged or contacted by media”.
That list did not include many of the country’s large operators or their subsidiaries, such as Hobbiton Movie Set at Matamata, or the Queenstown-headquartered groups such as Skyline Enterprises and Wayfare – operators all expected to be supported in some form by the programme.
A spokesman for tourism minister Kelvin Davis told the Ticker that some of the larger operators receiving STAPP support were still in the process of getting board approvals so could not be announced today.
Many others were yet to agree to the funding amounts granted, which in some cases was considerably less than what was applied for.
However, all recipients of STAPP funding would be publicly named as a condition of the funding.
AJ Hackett Bungy NZ, Discover Waitomo and Whale Watch Kaikōura were the first operators to receive support from the programme with access to $10.2m, $4m and $1.5m respectively.
The other 48 tourism businesses revealed today as receiving STAPP support are:
Mitai Māori Village – Rotorua
Tekapo Springs Limited – Tekapo
The Duke of Marlborough Hotel – Russell
Polynesian Spa – Rotorua
Royal Albatross Centre – Dunedin
Larnach Castle Limited – Dunedin
Wellington Zoo – Wellington
Dark Sky Project – Tekapo
Ngati Awa Tourism Limited & Te Manuka Tutahi Marae – Whakatāne
Dolphin and Albatross Encounter – Kaikoura
Highlands Motorsport Park – Cromwell
Franz Josef Glacier Guides and Glacier Hot Pools – West Coast
National Aquarium of New Zealand – Napier
Kapiti Island Nature Tours – Kapiti
Waitomo Adventures – Waitomo
Fullers Great Sights – Auckland
Shantytown Heritage Park – Greymouth
Fox Glacier Guiding – West Coast
Lakeland Queen – Rotorua
Dive! Tutukaka – Tutukaka
West Coast Wildlife Centre – Franz Josef Glacier
National Kiwi Hatchery – Rotorua
Velocity Valley – Rotorua
Volcanic Air – Rotorua
Otago Museum – Dunedin
Otorohanga Kiwi House – Waikato
Ko Tāne – Christchurch
Zealandia – Wellington
Kiwi North – Whangarei
The Kauri Museum – Matakohe, Northland
Auckland Seaplanes – Auckland
Omaka Aviation Heritage Centre – Blenheim
Art Deco Trust – Napier
Monarch Wildlife Cruises and Tours – Dunedin
Whakarewarewa – The Living Maori Village – Rotorua
Alpine Guides Aoraki – Mt Cook
Oamaru Penguin Colony – Oamaru
Spellbound Glowworm and Cave Tour – Waitomo
Westcoast Treetop Walk and Café – Hokitika
Caveworld – Waitomo
Kiwi Journeys – Nelson
Howick Historical Village – Auckland
Glenbrook Vintage Railway – Waiuku, Auckland
Natures Wonders – Dunedin
Waewae Pounamu – Hokitika
Outback New Zealand (Nomad Safaris / Info & Track / Info & Snow) – Queenstown
Sea Life Kelly Tarlton’s Aquarium – Auckland
Buried Village of Te Wairoa Bay of Plenty Rotorua
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