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Entrada Travel Group
Entrada Travel Group is a New Zealand transport company with operations in Australia and New Zealand. Founded in 1991 as the InterCity Group, it is owned by the Ritchie family, who formerly owned Ritchies Transport and Tranzit Group, each owning 50%. History In 1991 a consortium of private bus and coach operators acquired the InterCity (New Zealand), InterCity business from the New Zealand Railways Corporation. Ritchies Transport and Tranzit Group bought the other operators out in 1995. In January 2018 it made its first purchase in Australia, Cairns based cruise company Tusa Group, followed in July 2018 by Port Douglas based Divers Den.Greyhound Changes Ownership ''Australian Bus Panorama'' issue 39/5 March 2024 page 27 In July 2019 the InterCity Group was rebranded the Entrada Travel Group. Auckland Whale & Dolphin Safari was purchased in the same month. In December 2019 Frankland Island Reef Cruises was purchased. In April 2021 Entrada was awarded a contract to operate the D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tourism
Tourism is travel for pleasure, and the Commerce, commercial activity of providing and supporting such travel. World Tourism Organization, UN Tourism defines tourism more generally, in terms which go "beyond the common perception of tourism as being limited to holiday activity only", as people "travelling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure and not less than 24 hours, business and other purposes". Tourism can be Domestic tourism, domestic (within the traveller's own country) or International tourism, international. International tourism has both incoming and outgoing implications on a country's balance of payments. Between the second half of 2008 and the end of 2009, tourism numbers declined due to a severe Economy, economic slowdown (see Great Recession) and the outbreak of the 2009 2009 flu pandemic, H1N1 influenza virus. These numbers, however, recovered until the COVID-19 pandemic put an abrupt end to th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
