1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:01,720 Speaker 1: So while Disney and their cruise ships are off, the 2 00:00:01,760 --> 00:00:04,400 Speaker 1: good news around tourism can be found in Queenstown. New 3 00:00:04,480 --> 00:00:06,920 Speaker 1: data from Skyline. They're the lousion gondola people. 4 00:00:06,960 --> 00:00:07,200 Speaker 2: Of course. 5 00:00:07,240 --> 00:00:10,200 Speaker 1: They see international lous rides up thirty two percent, gondola 6 00:00:10,240 --> 00:00:13,200 Speaker 1: rides up twenty one percent. Danny Luke is the chief 7 00:00:13,240 --> 00:00:16,240 Speaker 1: operating officer at Skyline and is with us. Danny morning, 8 00:00:17,079 --> 00:00:19,599 Speaker 1: Good morning, Mike. If you see it, does the whole 9 00:00:19,640 --> 00:00:22,439 Speaker 1: town see it? In other words, as the whole race booming? 10 00:00:23,280 --> 00:00:25,200 Speaker 2: It is. Yeah, we're seeing real gross down here at 11 00:00:25,200 --> 00:00:28,280 Speaker 2: the moment. The winters. The winter's been vibrant and we've 12 00:00:28,280 --> 00:00:30,479 Speaker 2: got lots of international vizillas coming in, which is great 13 00:00:30,480 --> 00:00:31,200 Speaker 2: to see and. 14 00:00:31,240 --> 00:00:33,000 Speaker 1: Not being pedantic about it, but how do you know 15 00:00:33,080 --> 00:00:35,400 Speaker 1: a person on a gondola is international versus local? 16 00:00:36,400 --> 00:00:38,520 Speaker 2: Oh, we asked them when they arrived. Mike. We've seen 17 00:00:38,560 --> 00:00:40,680 Speaker 2: a lot of Australians. We know they come every year 18 00:00:40,680 --> 00:00:43,280 Speaker 2: for the ski season. They've had a bit of a 19 00:00:43,360 --> 00:00:45,360 Speaker 2: lack of snow this year, but they're still coming in 20 00:00:45,400 --> 00:00:47,839 Speaker 2: their troves, which is, as I said, amazing to see. 21 00:00:47,960 --> 00:00:51,040 Speaker 1: What's your vibe in terms of it's too busy, it's 22 00:00:51,080 --> 00:00:53,280 Speaker 1: too full. 23 00:00:53,680 --> 00:00:55,200 Speaker 2: We don't think that. What do we think there is 24 00:00:55,440 --> 00:00:57,560 Speaker 2: We think there's room for growth here. I mean, we're 25 00:00:57,640 --> 00:01:01,080 Speaker 2: investing significantly in our infrastructure at Skyline. We know other 26 00:01:01,560 --> 00:01:05,400 Speaker 2: tourism operators are doing the same. We believe there's probably 27 00:01:05,680 --> 00:01:08,880 Speaker 2: some assistance from the government required in terms of traffic congestion. 28 00:01:09,800 --> 00:01:12,520 Speaker 2: But you know there is room for growth here. We 29 00:01:12,520 --> 00:01:16,039 Speaker 2: would like to see growth, and we're investing heavily for 30 00:01:16,080 --> 00:01:16,560 Speaker 2: the future. 31 00:01:16,720 --> 00:01:20,240 Speaker 1: Good on you, And how does your business there compared 32 00:01:20,280 --> 00:01:22,360 Speaker 1: with your businesses and various other parts of the world. 33 00:01:23,880 --> 00:01:26,920 Speaker 2: We'll Queen downs a much larger property to what we 34 00:01:26,959 --> 00:01:29,840 Speaker 2: have internationally. We have six international properties, a couple in 35 00:01:29,840 --> 00:01:33,760 Speaker 2: Canada and Korea, Singapore, Malaysia. This is a large scale 36 00:01:33,760 --> 00:01:37,319 Speaker 2: gondola property, but internationally we have the Louge, which is 37 00:01:37,360 --> 00:01:42,240 Speaker 2: our flagship attraction. So it's a lot bigger here than 38 00:01:42,280 --> 00:01:43,319 Speaker 2: what we have internationally. 39 00:01:43,640 --> 00:01:45,480 Speaker 1: And do you say, but the reason I asked the 40 00:01:45,560 --> 00:01:48,880 Speaker 1: question is do you see tourism generally booming all over 41 00:01:48,880 --> 00:01:51,560 Speaker 1: the world or is it specific to your particular part 42 00:01:51,600 --> 00:01:52,040 Speaker 1: of the world. 43 00:01:53,080 --> 00:01:55,200 Speaker 2: Now we're seeing growth. I've just got from Canada actually 44 00:01:55,240 --> 00:01:58,000 Speaker 2: last week, and we're seeing record numbers in both Tromlong 45 00:01:58,120 --> 00:02:01,040 Speaker 2: and Calgary, where are two sites that are located. And 46 00:02:01,240 --> 00:02:04,040 Speaker 2: I was in career in Singapore last month. Both of 47 00:02:04,080 --> 00:02:06,880 Speaker 2: those properties are putting records on so we're seeing growth 48 00:02:06,920 --> 00:02:09,680 Speaker 2: around the world. Tourism is booming. 49 00:02:10,080 --> 00:02:12,119 Speaker 1: Were you going to look at Wales? Were you looking 50 00:02:12,120 --> 00:02:13,880 Speaker 1: at a place in Wales? Or Am I making that up? 51 00:02:14,680 --> 00:02:16,200 Speaker 2: No? You're not making it up. No, No, we are 52 00:02:16,200 --> 00:02:19,320 Speaker 2: looking at Wales Swansea. So we've worked on that since 53 00:02:19,360 --> 00:02:23,000 Speaker 2: twenty eighteen, so that's been a long long project making 54 00:02:23,000 --> 00:02:25,240 Speaker 2: good progress. Now we've got a really good relationship there 55 00:02:25,280 --> 00:02:29,280 Speaker 2: with the council and local community. So we hope to 56 00:02:29,600 --> 00:02:31,760 Speaker 2: have a new property in Europe and the near future. 57 00:02:31,919 --> 00:02:34,280 Speaker 1: Fantastic Go well, appreciate it very much, Danny Luke, who's 58 00:02:34,320 --> 00:02:38,280 Speaker 1: a COE at Skyline Enterprises. So tell me why in 59 00:02:38,360 --> 00:02:43,200 Speaker 1: Calgary and in Asia and Queen Standy's seeing record amounts 60 00:02:43,240 --> 00:02:46,160 Speaker 1: of business and this country isn't seeing record amounts of business. 61 00:02:46,200 --> 00:02:48,400 Speaker 1: What is going I mean the ships we mentioned earlier 62 00:02:48,400 --> 00:02:50,239 Speaker 1: on the cruise ships. We told you it's too expensive. 63 00:02:50,440 --> 00:02:53,600 Speaker 1: We just whacked charge after charge after charge rule after all, 64 00:02:53,680 --> 00:02:55,600 Speaker 1: and they've said, don't worry about it. We won't be coming. 65 00:02:55,639 --> 00:02:57,160 Speaker 1: So if you look at the numbers, and I gave 66 00:02:57,200 --> 00:02:58,360 Speaker 1: them to you the other day, if you look at 67 00:02:58,360 --> 00:03:00,160 Speaker 1: the cruise season, you go back, I think it's too 68 00:03:00,160 --> 00:03:03,040 Speaker 1: cruise seasons. We had record numbers of cruise ships here. 69 00:03:03,040 --> 00:03:05,679 Speaker 1: It was a half billion dollar industry. Ever since then, 70 00:03:05,880 --> 00:03:08,000 Speaker 1: the rules have come in and we've just seen the 71 00:03:08,120 --> 00:03:09,680 Speaker 1: ship arrivals fall off a cliff. 72 00:03:10,320 --> 00:03:13,200 Speaker 2: For more from The Mic Asking Breakfast, listen live to 73 00:03:13,320 --> 00:03:16,400 Speaker 2: news talks that'd be from six am weekdays, or follow 74 00:03:16,440 --> 00:03:18,000 Speaker 2: the podcast on iHeartRadio.