Ski Season Success

New Zealand’s 2009 winter ski season was the best it has ever been with 1.5 million sets of skis and snowboards hitting the slopes, including over 100,000 skiers from across the Tasman. New Zealand tourism operators are sending a big thanks to Australian PM Kevin Rudd for “stimulating” the winter ski season, and have a suggestion – please do it again. “We’re all writing to Kevin Rudd to see if he’ll do it again next winter,” said Lake Wanaka Tourism manager James Helmore.