Thanks to Covid-19, Taranaki travel agents are staring down the barrel of losing two years worth of income, along with coping with the uncertainty of what’s still to come. Last Wednesday, a group of New Plymouth travel agents met with New Plymouth MP Jonathan Young, of National, and his colleague Todd McClay, who is the party’s spokesperson for tourism and economic development, to voice their concerns about the state of the industry. Supplied/Stuff New Plymouth travel agents shared their concerns with National MPs at a meeting this week. From left, Bev Ellice, Nicola McLaren, Lisa Roebuck, New Plymouth MP Jonathan Young, Maree Schumacher, Tracey Edgecombe and Kristelle Colgan. Right from early on we’ve made business decisions to ride this through.”SIMON O'CONNOR/Stuff New Plymouth MP Jonathan Young listened to concerns from the city’s travel agents this week, as they do want they can to survive.

Source: Stuff September 06, 2020 00:22 UTC