Photo: File / Getty ImagesAir New Zealand is selling more than 140,000 domestic fares for under $60 in the hope Kiwis will travel domestically during the summer. The $60 fares are for one-way travel between the second half of November through to the first half of February next year. Tourism's hard Covid landingFigures this month from the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment showed tourism spending dropped across all regions for the year ending August compared to the previous year. Northland and Hawke's Bay had the smallest drop in annual tourism spending, down 7 per cent. Auckland has continued seeing the largest fall in tourism spend in August, down 61 per cent to $255 million.

Source: Otago Daily Times October 11, 2020 22:52 UTC