29 Nov 2022

Tourism: Backpacker numbers bouncing back in NZ

From Checkpoint, 5:52 pm on 29 November 2022

The backpacker industry is starting to bounce back and is hoping for a bumper summer after being starved of international visitors for the last two summers. More than half of hostels closed during pandemic, and bed numbers are still well less than half what they were pre-Covid. Tourism reporter Tess Brunton has more.