Auckland is our gateway to 100% Pure NZ. 70% of tourists enter Godzone via the City of Sails but spend only two nights here – the day they arrive and the day they leave for the smell of sulphur and further afield.
So what’s all this cycling talk about– it’s not as if the penny farthing was invented yesterday but it sure is getting more air time. We are building cycleways the length of the country – that’s where we seem to invest most of our tourism $$$’s.
Here at HOTC we think marrying the commuter and health benefits of cycling in Akld beside our clean green brand has some real merit. The latest proposal to cling a cycleway onto the Harbour bridge clip ons is inspirational.
So, we’ve been supporting the Pathways Steering Group developing their plans thru a maze of transport engineers and local and central government politicians and their battalions of officers. The boring technical stuff is now all agreed on and we get the growing sense that it is now a real possibility. The plans look great and come with a great lighting show that highlights the bridge across our harbour.
Sure there are some commuter benefits but for us the real win is the tourism bonanza. In San Francisco more than 80% of their international tourists walk the Golden Gate bridge – in fact they have just had to double the size of the bridge bus park and bike hire facilities.
This is a project whose train is running – fast. Take 5 minutes and check out www.getacross.org.nz and tell us what you think.
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