Holiday Parks invite locals to visit
Holiday Parks invite locals to visit
Ever wondered
what keeps attracting visitors to stay at your local holiday
park? Now you’re being offered a chance to find out –
and help raise funds for charity at the same time!
Many holiday parks around New Zealand are holding an open day on Sunday 8 December.
Organised by the Holiday Parks
Association of New Zealand, the objective for the open day
is to update, and in some cases change, the perception that
locals may have of their holiday park.
“Many people
still think of holiday parks as camping grounds with very
basic facilities. In reality most of our member parks now
offer quite sophisticated facilities, including motel style
units, wireless internet and great facilities for
children,” says Association Chief Executive Fergus
Brown.
“The days of the kapok mattress and saggy
innerspring mattresses is well and truly a thing of the
past.”
The first thing many prospective visitors do
is check out the communal bathroom facilities before
checking in, Mr Brown says. Many of these have been updated
with some parks even offering under-floor heating.
Over 180 of the Association’s 300 members are Qualmark rated. Many holiday parks have made a significant investment in developing their product to better meet the demands of both domestic and international visitors.
Holiday parks
provide more than 20% of all commercial guest nights in New
Zealand, with 65% of these being domestic
visitors.
Several of the participating holiday parks
will also be taking the opportunity to raise funds for the
Association’s charity, the Breast Cancer Research
Trust.
Individual holiday parks will provide locals
with information on when they can visit their
park.
“This will be a great opportunity for people
to see what their local holiday park has to offer. And with
the busy summer holiday season fast approaching, it’s a
good chance to decide if a holiday park would be a good
option for any visitors they might be having over Christmas,
or for their own holidays,” Mr Brown
says.
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