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From this top newspaper in New Zealand, they have this headline today: International tourism is coming back, but a return to 4 million visitors is years away, and some say that's a good thing looking at their re-opening after their long, long shut-down  for tourism. 

 

Here some of their story highlights: No one is pretending there will be a swift return to the 3.9 million annual international arrivals pre-pandemic, and some think that is no bad thing, including Tourism Minister Stuart Nash, who says we cannot afford to fall back into our old ways.  While Australians will skip across the Tasman to visit friends and family and ski over winter, the reality is that we won't see many long-haul US and European travellers until summer, says Tourism New Zealand chief executive Rene de Monchy.  'It gives the industry a runway to scale up, but it will be a challenge ... how many rooms can I open or how many boat trips can I do will be a bit dictated by the workforce.'  After the border opening announcement, online searches for international flights to New Zealand jumped 41 per cent, more than half of them Australians, and there is no guarantee all those searches will translate into bums on seats.  Tourism Export council chief executive Lynda Keene says overseas agents are cautious about booking New Zealand this coming summer because of uncertainty over the border and whether it will remain open, but bookings for the following summer are strong.  'We’re not going to open the door when we reach October 1, and boom we’re back, it’s going to be a slow rebuilding of the market ... if we can get back to pre-Covid numbers by 2025, 2026, that would-be really encouraging.'  One of the handbrakes on achieving that is China, which was our second-largest market after Australia, and many of the inbound tour operators who serviced it have disappeared.

 

How will this NZ re-opening work, last, etc.? Good luck for those visiting NZ.

 

Full story at:

https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/128130596/international-tourism-is-coming-back-but-a-return-to-4-million-visitors-is-years-away-and-some-say-thats-a-good-thing

 

THANKS!  Enjoy!  Terry in Ohio

 

Early 2020 (right before Covid shut-down), many visuals and details from New Zealand/South Pacific in going from Auckland to French Polynesia.  This includes Bora Bora, Fiji, NZ experiences, etc:  Live/blog;

https://boards.cruisecritic.com/topic/2735732-live-terryohio-“new”-regatta-south-pacificnz-pix’s/

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Anxiously waiting to see if our Vancouver to,Auckland cruise will go ahead in September.  Disappointed Bora Bora has been removed from the itinerary.  We will make our final decision around final payment time at the end of may 

 

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On 3/26/2022 at 1:31 PM, TLCOhio said:

From this top newspaper in New Zealand, they have this headline today: International tourism is coming back, but a return to 4 million visitors is years away, and some say that's a good thing

 

Thanks for this piece by Amanda Cropp in stuff Terry, appreciate the share! 

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