WELLINGTON, March 19 (Xinhua) — New Zealand government is planning for a new-look tourism sector after the COVID-19 vaccination program and when international borders re-open, according to Tourism Minister Stuart Nash on Friday.
In a speech at the University of Otago Tourism Policy School conference held in Queenstown, one of New Zealand’s key tourism resort, Nash set out priorities for the country’s pillar industry.
The 400 million-NZ dollar (286.6 million-U.S. dollar) tourism recovery package in 2020 was an emergency intervention. Further, structural support will be needed in 2021 before changes will be made to prepare for a new landscape in 2022 and beyond, Nash said.
“The 2020 Package, and wider tourism support like 1.8 billion…