New Operator Information

If you are starting a tourism business in Southland we have some great resources and information available. Some of these resources are outlined below. If you can not find what you are looking for please contact us.

Guides for new Southland Tourism Businesses

Please click on the following links to download the associated PDF documents.

New Operator - General Information (69kb)

Key tips for starting up a tourism business (36kb)

Designing an effective brochure (33kb)

Writing a media release (35kb)

Once you start looking for information on starting up a tourism business you will find that there is al ot of information out there - the above documents will give you a good start, make sure you visit us at Venture Southland and tell us about your business ideas - we may be able to help. To find out what business assistance Venture Southland can offer click here.

Tourism New Zealand has a great booklet to get your marketing started called "Give it 100%".  This is available from Venture Southland or online at Tourism New Zealand's corporate website.

The Tourism Industry Association or TIANZ is a membership based organisation that has developed some valuable tools to help operators make an informed decision on whether they have what it takes to operate a successful tourism business.  The "Tourism in Action" workbook is one such tool, designed to be used in conjunction with TNZ's "Give it 100%" booklet.

You can download the workbook here in four separate sections:

Section 1 - Getting to grips with tourism (125kb)

Section 2 - Getting started (1437kb)

Section 3 - Getting ahead (1687kb)

Section 4 - Further information (130kb)