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Mountain Scene
January 29, 2021
By PHILIP CHANDLER
A long-time Queenstown hotelier fears the resort’s ‘‘facing a catastrophe’’ if the Aussie border remains closed.
The Rees’ Mark Rose says: ‘‘Our business fell off a cliff on Sunday, and apart from a couple of reasonably good days over the next couple of months when we’ve got some conference/incentive business, I’d be 90% down on last year.’’
The resort of course is relying on Kiwi-only visitors, but Rose says, ‘‘I think they’ve had their holidays, they’ve spent their money’’.
He’s not sure they’ll come again, in numbers, till the Easter school holidays.