19 Nov 2020

Disagreement over plan to attract high-value tourists

From Morning Report, 7:47 am on 19 November 2020

RNZ's text line lit up yesterday after new Tourism Minister Stuart Nash told Morning Report that he wanted to ban tourists hiring vans without toilets.

The minister also wants greater focus placed on attracting rich holidaymakers when the borders open up, and would be quite happy to see fewer cash-strapped backpackers.

That split opinion among listeners - Reporter Jordan Bond got in touch with a few of them.