Co-owner of Black Barn Kim Thorp said about 17 different entities were fighting to promote Hawke’s Bay before Hawke’s Bay tourism was formed.
A hospitality heavyweight says a Hawke’s Bay Regional Council proposal to cut funding to tourism/”>Hawke’s Bay tourism would be a “disaster” that could set promotion of the region to visitors back 20 years.
Black Barn co-owner Kim Thorp has shared a written submission to the Regional Council with Hawke’s Bay Today. Brave Brewing co-owner Gemma Smith has also shared her written submission to the Regional Council.
Consultation documents for the Regional Council’s draft 2024-2027 Three-Year Plan outline a list of ‘tough choices’ they are proposing to reduce average tourism-and-sustainable-homes-funding-on-the-chopping-block/FJDRQ66GTNG2FKKI424L4RFKVI/”>rates increases, one of which is to tourism-funding-within-two-years-chair-fears-region-could-become-a-backwater-as-a-result/SVEO3EW3ENAQBOCJI3F7PSE2FU/”>phase out funding for Hawke’s Bay tourism.
The preferred option from the two presented in the consultation document was to reduce the current annual funding of $1.52 million from the Regional Council in stages over the next two years and stop…
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