Tuesday, 9 May, 2023 - 17:10The Tourism Minister’s recent comments that New Zealand is being hit with extreme pricing from tourist operations is undermining an industry already doing it tough, National’s Tourism spokesperson Joseph Mooney says. "Tourism Minister Peeni Henare’s recent comments in NZ Herald suggesting that tourism operators reduce their costs for Kiwis because ‘things are expensive’, is completely out of touch. "Tourism operators around the country are still recovering after our borders were closed. They are struggling to find staff and they are facing the same cost-of-living crisis as everyone else. "Labour’s policy decisions have kept a handbrake on the tourism industry.
