NZ to upgrade Travel advisories
New Zealand’s travel advice service is to be overhauled after complaints it was not up to scratch, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade said.
Travel agents had called for the ministry to urgently upgrade its service that provides New Zealanders travelling overseas with travel safety information and security advisories about countries such as Iraq and Afghanistan.
Flight Centre general manager Jeremy van de Klundert said New Zealand’s service needed to be brought in line with Australia’s, which has a website specifically for travel advisories and travel information.
Mr van de Klundert said the Australian Government had shown its commitment to the project by earmarking $9.7 million over five years on promoting the Smart Traveller programme.
He said an increasing number of New Zealanders were travelling overseas and a growing number were booking their holidays on the internet, making it important for them to easily access travel information.
The ministry’s consular division director Rosemary Paterson said one of the changes being considered was a stand-alone travel information website.
Ms Paterson said Australia’s travel advisory service differed from New Zealand’s in the range of information it provided.
“We do not provide general travel information. Our advisories are focused on security concerns such as terrorism and civil unrest.
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