Radical re-think after Covid hits Rangitīkei tourist business River Valley Lodge
21 Jan, 2021 04:00 PM
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Brian Megaw s business offers rafting tours and accommodation on the Rangitīkei River. Photo / Supplied
Laurel Stowell is a reporter for the Whanganui Chroniclelaurel.stowell@whanganuichronicle.co.nzWhangaChron
The young backpackers that were the bread and butter of a Rangitīkei adventure and accommodation business are just not there this year. Last financial year guests spent nearly 11,000 nights in Brian Megaw s 80-bed River Valley Lodge at Pukeokahu, in remote hill country near Taihape. It was busy, and sometimes stressful.
This year Megaw predicts there will be about 2000 bed nights spent at the lodge.