Top Tourism Site Award
The Top Tourism Site Award is awarded to leading New Zealand travel sites that enhance New Zealand as a travel destination. Each site must comply to criteria set by New Zealand Tourism Guide.
Use this Web site to view previous winners, find out more about the award or submit a site.
Recent Winners
These are our recent award winners, or you can view all past winners.
10-12-2018 - New Zealand Trails
New Zealand guided walking adventures. We are a specialist adventure tour company with decades of experience running small-group tours with the best Kiwi guides. They win this week with a truly excellent and responsive website! It's hugely informative and one of the best stand-out features is the option to view the different trips with their details side by side!
03-12-2018 - Nature & Nosh Tours
Nature & Nosh provide fully-inclusive, guided hiking tours match scenic and diverse day walks, with New Zealand food and wine tasting. This responsive website is refreshingly easy to navigate, features gorgeous imagery, and one of the stand-out features is the regularly updated blog!
26-11-2018 - Treetops Lodge & Estate
Surrounded by natural luxury and rustic elegance, disconnect & reconnect as you get off the beaten track and discover Treetops Lodge & Estate. Visitors to this website are rewarded with a stunning motion picture background on the home page. Another stand-out feature is the 'Experience' page, which is blessed with some awe-inspiring imagery!
19-11-2018 - Villa Walton
The Villa Walton is an elegant and relaxing accommodation option in our historic homestead established 1904 and set in picturesque Matamata. They win this week with a website that definitely matches the elegant accommodation offerings. A beautiful responsive layout with gorgeous imagery feels right at home with the use of white space and background textures.
12-11-2018 - Queenstown Bike Taxis
Queenstown Bike Taxis provide an easy transport service which maximizes your time on your bike. With them, you'll be shown all the hidden treasures, saving you time and effort finding them. Their website is a pleasure to browse and it features parallax scrolling, a stylish responsive layout, and world-class imagery! A stand-out feature is the informative Queenstown Trails page!
05-11-2018 - Retaruke Country Estate
Retaruke Country Estate is a luxury country lodge set in 4000 acres of farm and bush west of National Park where you relax and enjoy the sheer peace and quiet. Their website lets the majestic imagery do most of the heavy-lifting. It's a simplistic layout that utilises parallax scrolling within a stylish responsive layout.
29-10-2018 - Altitude
Altitude run half day scenic tours to Glenorchy from Queenstown, and daily guided wine & craft beer tours from Queenstown to the best Central Otago wineries! The home page features excellent use of background video, and the various clips give you a definite idea on what to expect from their tours! Gorgeous imagery is found site-wide, and fantastic font choices seal the deal!
15-10-2018 - The Palace Backpackers
Welcome to the friendliest backpackers in New Zealand, the Palace Backpackers, a historical colonial villa a stone's throw from downtown Nelson. Creative use of a fish-eye lense for their website photography is a definite stand-out! Another unique feature is how the page text animates from small to large as you browse through the website. A truly unique and refreshing website to browse!
08-10-2018 - Albatross V Expeditions
Albatross V Expeditions offer fun-filled adventure voyages in majestic old-world comfort and style, in the stunning beauty of New Zealand's renowned Bay of Islands. This website features a crisp responsive-layout that's graced with incredible imagery, neat icons and an awesome logo! A stand-out feature is the comprehensive Specifications page.
01-10-2018 - Montrose Estate
Set on 750 pristine acres, Montrose Estate offers the choice of three stunning residences, surrounded by magnificent mountain ranges and an abundance of wildlife. This website matches the peaceful tranquillity emanated by the estate. The website design is incredible, the imagery is breath-taking, and the stand-out feature is 'The Montrose Experience' section - with enough informative content to be a website on its own!
24-09-2018 - Bucket List Charters
Located in Ponsonby on the fringe of Auckland City, Franklin38 is perfectly positioned for your luxury urban escape. The impressive imagery is the stand-out feature! Coupled with a responsive layout with plenty of white space and clear navigation, they're a worthy winner this week!
17-09-2018 - Franklin 38
Located in Ponsonby on the fringe of Auckland City, Franklin38 is perfectly positioned for your luxury urban escape. The impressive imagery is the stand-out feature! Coupled with a responsive layout with plenty of white space and clear navigation, they're a worthy winner this week!
» View all the previous winners of the Top Tourism Site Award.