Will NZ's newly open borders be a quick fix for tourism?

Today is the first day in two years that tourists from around the world are allowed into Aotearoa.

It's the  moment the beleaguered tourism industry had been hoping for, but the recovery of a $42 billion industry is going to take more than a few weeks. 

New Zealand Herald travel editor Stephanie Holmes tells Damien that estimates suggest it will be three years before the industry is back to pre-pandemic levels. 

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