Name: Polina

University: Bournemouth University

Course: BA (Hons) Tourism Management

Currently in: Rotorua, New Zealand

For how long: 6 months

Polina is the 7th tourism or hospitality student from Bournemouth we have placed into New Zealand this year. Polina was initially looking for a 12 month tourism internship in New Zealand, but we ended up placing her into a fantastic position in Rotorua for a six month internship. I think Polina is then either going to extend her visa if the company will keep her on, or head home to Bulgaria to her family resort to complete her final three months of her course requirement at Bournemouth.

Well Polina finally got to New Zealand but not without some drama!

The offer was quite late and we had four days to get Polina down to New Zealand in the end. The New Zealand work visa that usually takes 10 days, Intern Options had done in 1 day, her flights were booked, insurance purchased and Polina got to the airport… I will let Polina tell you what happened from here!

But the main thing is that Polina is working for a great tourism operator in Rotorua, New Zealand who we place a lot of students and graduates into their operations in Rotorua and Queenstown. Elis another of our students from London South Bank University has just been offered a six month placement and will be joining Polina soon.

That’s enough from me and I will leave you to Polina to fill you in on the details of what happened when she arrived at the airport in London ready to get on the plane to New Zealand )

If you’re interested in a Tourism Internship in Queenstown, Auckland, Wellington, Rotorua in New Zealand, check out the Tourism Internships page for more information.