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Originally Posted by Yellow_Festiva
Several nations in talks about opening borders to tourism.
Hopefully that will put some people at ease. Sometimes just the sense that normality is on the cards is enough to make people feel a little better.
It would be nice to be able to say in a few months that you are going on a booked holiday or you have family visiting from overseas.
With strict travel measures and a possible vaccine on the way it's better than nothing.
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We'll probably start letting kiwis in shortly but they're not the big spenders the Chinese and European are. I'm just not sure how keen we all are to welcome a horde of Chinese right now; maybe if there was some way they they could convince us that they have really got rid of the this virus and are doing something to ensure there is no repeat of the coverup next time (and there will be a next time)
The local university has just sacked a lot of staff. They normally cater for thousands of foreign students (mostly Chinese) but not any more and perhaps not for a while to come.
Tourism and education were two of our biggest export earners. It's going to be a while before they get back to their previous levels as far as jobs go. The govt is planning on spending big to try and keep unemployment down but the right wing of the libs hate this idea. It goes against their "small govt, low tax" ideology.