Liberated Kiwis are streaming back to holiday hot spots, giving hope to jittery Airbnb and hotel owners, but also raising concerns about how long the bounce back lasts. And now new data showed Kiwis were even booking more short-term holidays than at the same time last year. Yet during lockdown, its local dive operators and Walker's hotel - the town's two biggest employers - spent five weeks with no income. While its New Zealand hotels last year enjoyed occupancy levels up to 80 per cent, most were now trading at levels around 15 per cent, Fraser said. While he had been having success attracting older Kiwis with midweek discounted rates, his hotel made its lion share of income in summer.

Source: Otago Daily Times June 15, 2020 21:22 UTC