View Te Ara in

Story: Tourist industry

Tourism pamphlet, 1890 (1st of 2)

Tourism pamphlet, 1890

Published by the New Zealand Survey in Wellington, this brochure, entitled The New Zealand grand tour, offered transport by a combination of steamship, rail, coach, horse and foot. At this time international tourist numbers were probably a few thousand a year.

About this item

Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: Eph-A-TOURISM-NZ-1890-01

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

How to cite this page:

Margaret McClure. 'Tourist industry', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 28-Sep-11
URL: http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/tourist-industry/1/2/1