New government funding for tourism has enabled AJ Hackett Bungy save 20 jobs it had planned to cut. PHOTO: SUPPLIEDSpeechless staff were told 20 jobs were saved yesterday after a $10.2 million Government bail-out for AJ Hackett Bungy. "It is one of those business that is Queenstown and if somebody out of town was conjuring up a vision of Queenstown, AJ Hackett Bungy would certainly be there alongside other businesses. For the past month it had offered $88bungy jumps and Mr van Asch said although prices would increase, they would remain Kiwi friendly. The regional tourism board had itself applied for $1million, which it would use for a domestic marketing campaign.

Source: Otago Daily Times June 24, 2020 16:35 UTC