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April 25, 2008
Anzac Day has no meaning on the international tourist circuit. It's just another day to do touristy things. Meanwhile elsewhere in New Zealand:
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This mentality is especially the case in Westland-- the west coast of the South Island of New Zealand. This regional economy still has the settler ethos associated with mining and dairy farming, and the international tourism is concentrated around the glaciers.
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It's only reasonable that ANZAC Day has no meaning on the international tourist circuit. But note that NZ's Waitangi Day, Spain's National Day and a host of other days celebrated by other countries also fail to register on the international tourist circuit.