Coronavirus - New Zealand
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@godder said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
@donsteppa Tourism NZ was basically demanding the bubble with claims of large financial impact, but their analysis was silent on the impact of NZers going to Australia.
Yep, the Trans Ta$man bubble is a great thing to do on many levels, family reunification being one especially. However, I don’t see it being the panacea for the tourism sector that it is often proclaimed as. The bubble probably will “save Queenstown” - while setting back the sector in other places. The joys of the Covid times...
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Capacity is going to be a big unknown in places like Queenstown and Wanaka that traditionally rely on itinerant labour.
Skifields struggled last year to keep up staff wise and the lucrative parts of the operation (Ski School) can't operate at anywhere near the levels they should. -
@crucial said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
Capacity is going to be a big unknown in places like Queenstown and Wanaka that traditionally rely on itinerant labour.
Skifields struggled last year to keep up staff wise and the lucrative parts of the operation (Ski School) can't operate at anywhere near the levels they should.Hopefully that can be addressed in the circa 40% of MIQ spaces that the Trans Ta$man bubble will free up.
I suppose the big news is now in about ten minutes time...
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@donsteppa said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
@crucial said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
Capacity is going to be a big unknown in places like Queenstown and Wanaka that traditionally rely on itinerant labour.
Skifields struggled last year to keep up staff wise and the lucrative parts of the operation (Ski School) can't operate at anywhere near the levels they should.Hopefully that can be addressed in the circa 40% of MIQ spaces that the Trans Ta$man bubble will free up.
I suppose the big news is now in about ten minutes time...
April 19
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@godder said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
I was in Queenstown for Easter and it was packed. We tried to stop for lunch in Arrowtown for lunch yesterday before our drive home but couldn't find a park in town (they have carparks, they were just full).
Yeah I was there for a few days end or March. It was busy. Nice busy, not the overcrowded crap that had made me stay away.
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@voodoo said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
@nta said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
June long weekend in Aotearoa ...
you owe it to your marriage mate...
Nah fuck it. Flights will cost a bomb and a bunch of shit might happen in the meantime.
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@nta said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
@voodoo said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
@nta said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
June long weekend in Aotearoa ...
you owe it to your marriage mate...
Nah fuck it. Flights will cost a bomb and a bunch of shit might happen in the meantime.
you'd be surprised at the flight costs, pretty reasonable actually - they dropped > 40% today to pretty much what they used to be
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@nta said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
a bunch of shit might happen in the meantime.
Yep. I ain't going anywhere. The manager of a very nice place in Queenstown said to me the other day about an Aussie traveler " we will take your booking, we would love to see you but you carry the risk". He is booked out for ANZAC weekend and can sell the room. The Aussie just wanted to be there, and I don't blame him, but if you travel - caveat emptor.
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@snowy said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
@nta said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
a bunch of shit might happen in the meantime.
Yep. I ain't going anywhere. The manager of a very nice place in Queenstown said to me the other day about an Aussie traveler " we will take your booking, we would love to see you but you carry the risk". He is booked out for ANZAC weekend and can sell the room. The Aussie just wanted to be there, and I don't blame him, but if you travel - caveat emptor.
for sure there is a risk - and it is very clear from all parties that the risk lies with the traveller. Great that we not get to make our own decisions about the risk though.
As an aside, interesting to see that Qantas didn't have or wasn't prepared to take a view on the bubble dates. I would have flown Qantas for sure for given I'm hooked into that FF system, but they had no flights available as of 1pm today - when I had another look just now, there are loads available - gutted!
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@nta said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
@voodoo said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
@nta said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
June long weekend in Aotearoa ...
you owe it to your marriage mate...
Nah fuck it. Flights will cost a bomb and a bunch of shit might happen in the meantime.
especially when you look at the stunning incompetence that is our vaccine rollout and the lunacy of public sector response to single digit case numbers.