New Zealand had about 20,000 tourism businesses pre-Covid and more than 300 applied for Government grants designed to save key attractions. Museums, spas, cruises, scenic flights and an adventure park feature will get up to $500,000 from a Government fund to save key tourism businesses. A further 53 attractions deemed “strategic assets” have been named by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE), and they will share about $25 million. UNTAMEDNZ Dunedin’s Penguin Place is among wildlife attractions to be recognised as key tourism businesses worth saving. Chris McKeen/Stuff Howick Historical Village got a $500k Government grant as a strategic tourism asset, on top of $330k from Auckland Council.

Source: Stuff September 15, 2020 01:31 UTC