Lake Tekapo. Xiaoyang Lu, a tourist from Shanghai, used the holiday to travel around the South Island, stopping at Lake Tekapo along the way. "There were very few rooms available in Lake Tekapo," Lu said. "The risk is that people will start to see Lake Tekapo as poor value, and they'll stop coming. Frewen said Lake Tekapo was accustomed to handling a large number of visitors.

Source: Otago Daily Times February 26, 2026 04:31 UTC