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- Hanmer Springs Hot Springs / Pools
The Thermal Reserve - Hanmer Springs
Hot Pools
The first major redevelopments
to the Thermal Reserve were completed in 1992. NZ$1.6 million was
spent on upgrading the buildings, landscape and some mechanical
aspects of the Hanmer Springs Hot Pools, increasing patronage by
100,000 per annum.
To enhance the experience and develop new and
existing markets, more redevelopments to the thermal reserve took
place in 1999. This included a complete redesign of the pools and
the addition of a children’s area with waterslides and picnic
areas, which resulted in 38% increase in turnover and a 15% growth
in visitor numbers.
Long term, the Hanmer Springs Thermal Reserve
/ Hot Springs is striving to become an internationally recognised
thermal spa complex.
The reserve was one of three finalists in the 1999 and 2000 New
Zealand Tourism Awards – best Visitor Attraction and more
recently, in 2002, the only South Island finalist in the Visitor
Attraction section of the awards.
At the 2002 Tourism Awards, the Hanmer Springs
Thermal Reserve / Hot Springs was recognised as the public’s
favourite finalist with the People’s Choice Award. The annual
Tourism Awards recognise leading tourism businesses throughout New
Zealand. |
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