Tourism sector's $16b question: When will borders reopen?
Closed borders have cost 50,000 jobs and $16b a year in international tourism spending.
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Thousands set to miss out as Aucklanders leap at Govt's 100,000 vouchers
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Summer Questions: Cruise industry boss Debbie Summers on rebuilding a harpooned sector
NZ risks being left behind the rest of the world.
Tourism Industry Aotearoa's outgoing chief executive Chris Roberts on what's next for the industry
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Hawke's Bay accommodation full muster for New Year
Don't leave accommodation booking late for New Year or January - you'll likely miss out.
Resort firms expect more struggles
Many businesses in Queenstown have already given up on summer.
QT Auckland sells to NZ Hotel Holdings
Auckland Council values the property for rating purposes at $56m.
Phil Goff's controversial bed tax being appealed to the Supreme Court
Legal fight has cost ratepayers more than $1.5m so far.
Escape from Auckland: Queenstown readied for arrivals
About 6000 relieved Aucklanders booked to touch down in tourist mecca in first week.
Big Wednesday: 12,000 booked to fly out of Auckland on Air NZ when border opens
Auckland Airport reveals its busiest days for travel ... and urges travellers to be early.
The great escape: Aucklanders keener than other Kiwis to holiday overseas
Aucklanders emerging from lockdown and now facing being shunned in NZ want overseas travel
Devastation: 72,000 tourism jobs go in a year
Tourism operators 'broken' after signs international tourists won't return 'til late 2022.
Aucklanders 'welcomed with open arms' in far south
Rebranded JUCY Cruise out of the volume market, welcoming Aucklanders from next week.
'Not pretty' - Auckland tourism bookings down 90% on last year
Lockdown tourism spending plummeted in Auckland while some South Island regions increased.
DHBs prepare mini-MIQs for visiting cases
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Focus: Waiheke welcomes back Aucklanders
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On the map: NCL cruise line steaming back to NZ
The cruise industry says the company's commitment is a good sign for the $540m sector.
Omicron kicks hurting tourism industry while it's still down
From Japan to Israel, Germany to France, Omicron gives tourism a devastating déjà vu.
'Not geared to deal with Covid': Hospitals anxious as Aucklanders set to flee city
Domestic tourism is expected to heat up and people will flock to tourist hotspots.
100,000 vouchers for Auckland activities, excluded restaurants 'gutted'
Aucklanders are being offered 100,000 vouchers this summer for a range of activities.