Tourism Industry Aotearoa: Wage subsidy continuation a relief to tourism businesses

8 September, 2021

Tourism Industry Aotearoa stated (07-Sep-2021) the New Zealand Government wage subsidy is available nationwide, while any part of New Zealand is in coronavirus Alert Level 3 or 4. TIA chief executive Chris Roberts said while Auckland remains at Level 4, domestic travel and visitor activity suffers in every region. Mr Roberts stated: "Aucklanders are the biggest source of domestic visitors and while Auckland remains at a higher alert level, it severely limits how much tourism activity is seen around the rest of the country". [more - original PR]