Every time a tourist stands on the edge of a cliff, steps into a harness or grabs a paddle they take a calculated risk.
In adventure tourism, risk is inherent and in the past unregulated
activities arguably led to a series of fatal incidents. But those days
could be over with the introduction of a new safety regime.
It is more than six years since one of the darkest chapters in the
annals of Queenstown tourism. British backpacker Emily Jordan, who was
21, died when she was trapped by submerged boulders in the Kawarau River
during a Mad Dog River Boarding trip on April 29, 2008.
Her death and other fatal incidents prompted a Government review of
the adventure tourism sector, and new rules designed to enhance safety
come into play in a matter of weeks.
Operators who "deliberately expose participants to a risk of serious harm" must be externally audited and ...more
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