21 Dec 2022

How will hospitality and tourism fare this summer?

From Nine To Noon, 9:30 am on 21 December 2022

A recent survey by Tourism Industry Aotearoa finds hospitality and tourism is short of sixty-five thousand workers. Queues, reduced opening hours and minimum two night stays are on the cards this summer, with hoteliers saying without enough staff, they can't handle more tourists, while in Fiordland there's been a call for hospo workers to come out of retirement. Kathryn discusses the state of play in our playgrounds with Tourism Industry Aotearoa Chief Executive Rebecca Ingram and Chair of the Fiordland Business Association and owner of Shakespeare House B&B in Te Anau, Nathan Benfell.