{"id":250011,"date":"2025-04-04T06:15:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T23:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/?p=250011"},"modified":"2025-04-03T22:31:27","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T15:31:27","slug":"dunedin-train-trip-returns-to-travel-trade-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/2025\/04\/dunedin-train-trip-returns-to-travel-trade-market\/","title":{"rendered":"Dunedin train trip returns to travel trade market"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>SINGAPORE, 4 April 2025: After a long Covid pandemic pause, Dunedin&#8217;s iconic Taieri Gorge Scenic Train excursion welcomes international passengers aboard its journey through some of New Zealand&#8217;s most spectacular landscapes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As part of a re-alignment with the travel trade sector, the product is now represented by the New Zealand Travel Collective, led by its director, Trish May.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"896\" height=\"530\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/2-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-250012 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 896px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 896\/530;width:764px;height:auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/2-3.jpg 896w, https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/2-3-300x177.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/2-3-600x355.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/2-3-768x454.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/2-3-696x412.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/2-3-710x420.jpg 710w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 896px) 100vw, 896px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Photo credit: Taieri Gorge Scenic Train.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>&#8220;This journey represents an important piece of Dunedin\u2019s tourism offering,&#8221; May explained. \u201cI\u2019m privileged to showcase this product to the travel trade and have recently completed a sales mission to the UK and Europe\u201d.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Taieri Gorge Scenic Train will further cement its return to the international tourism market by participating in next week&#8217;s Tourism Export Council of New Zealand (TECNZ) Trade event and Tourism Rendezvous New Zealand (TRENZ) in May.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The historic railway carries passengers from Dunedin&#8217;s railway station westward toward Middlemarch on a five-hour and 30-minute roundtrip traversing the rugged Taieri Gorge. 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