Photo: Getty ImagesQueenstown businesses are questioning why Tourism Minister Kelvin Davis has been absent for so long from the struggling resort town. Thousands of people have sought welfare after the district's main earner - tourism - ground to a halt. Fergburger Group general manager Stephen Bradley hopes the tourism minister comes prepared to open the government's cheque book. He wants the tourism minister to front up with financial support for businesses and to give immigrant workers more security. The tourism minister is expected to make an announcement this afternoon.

Source: Otago Daily Times June 25, 2020 20:15 UTC