Private tour operators and authorities are facing questions about why tourism is allowed on New Zealand's most active volcano
In the aftermath of the deadly eruption on New Zealand's White Island, questions are being raised about why tourists were allowed on an active volcano that has been monitored closely for years.
Geonet had put the volcano on level two, indicating minor volcanic unrest. It was on level one 1 ahead of its previous eruption in 2016. Paul Quinn, chair of Ngati Awa Holdings which owns White Island Tours, told Radio New Zealand the heightened alert levels on the volcano over the last few weeks didn't meet its threshold for stopping operations.
Ross Dowling, tourism researcher at Edith Cowan University in Perth, said that"the number of tourists visiting active volcanoes is increasing globally as part of an increase in both geological tourism and adventure tourism.
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