
The TSS Earnslaw, a 1912 Edwardian vintage twin screw steamer, arrives back to the pier after taking passengers on a cruise of Lake Wakatipu, in Queenstown, New Zealand, on Monday, Dec. 13, 2010. Tourism has overtaken the dairy industry as New Zealand's biggest export industry as foreign visitor spending recovered and a drought curbed milk production, a government report showed

A view shows Lake Hayes in the Central Otago region, in Queenstown, New Zealand, on Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2010. Tourism has overtaken the dairy industry as New Zealand's biggest export industry as foreign visitor spending recovered and a drought curbed milk production, a government report showed

Residential homes stand in Lake Hayes Estate, a suburb near Queenstown, New Zealand, on Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2010. In New Zealand, household spending "remains weak with household credit still flat and housing activity slowing further," Reserve Bank of New Zealand Governor Alan Bollard said in a statement on Dec. 9.

A view shows Lake Hayes in the Central Otago region, in Queenstown, New Zealand, on Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2010. Tourism has overtaken the dairy industry as New Zealand's biggest export industry as foreign visitor spending recovered and a drought curbed milk production, a government report showed.

Tourists take a ride on a Kawerau Jet jetboat around Lake Wakatipu in Queenstown, New Zealand, on Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2010. Tourism has overtaken the dairy industry as New Zealand's biggest export industry as foreign visitor spending recovered and a drought curbed milk production, a government report showed.

Houses on the Kelvin Peninsula of Lake Wakatipu are dwarfed by the Eyre Mountains in Queenstown, New Zealand, on Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2010. In New Zealand, household spending "remains weak with household credit still flat and housing activity slowing further," Reserve Bank of New Zealand Governor Alan Bollard said in a statement on Dec. 9.


Visitors aboard the launch Million Dollar Cruise tour Lake Wakatipu with a view of The Remarkables mountains in the background, in Queenstown, New Zealand, on Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2010. Tourism has overtaken the dairy industry as New Zealand's biggest export industry as foreign visitor spending recovered and a drought curbed milk production, a government


The TSS Earnslaw, a 1912 Edwardian vintage twin screw steamer, returns from a cruise of Lake Wakatipu, in Queenstown, New Zealand, on Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2010. Tourism has overtaken the dairy industry as New Zealand's biggest export industry as foreign visitor spending recovered and a drought curbed milk production, a government report showed.