Travel-starved Australians are unlikely to heed calls to 'Avoid Auckland'. An article in Traveller.com.au magazine has told Australians to "Avoid Auckland". Offering general advice on the risk of Covid travel disruption the story wrote-off New Zealand's largest city as too high a risk of a snap lockdown to visit. While last year proved that predicting travel is not an easy task, Destination Auckland general manager Steven Armitage feels this risk is overstated. Auckland, however, looks forward to showing Australians around a city they haven't seen for over a year and changing a few perceptions.

Source: New Zealand Herald April 16, 2021 05:03 UTC