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This month with Chinese New Year, the Year of the Ox, falling on Friday, February 12, the figures are expected to be worse.
Ngāi Tahu Tourism Dark Sky Project business manager Jared Simcox said typically over Chinese New Year they could expect a significant number of Mandarin and Cantonese-speaking customers.
“This year we will most likely see a fraction of these customers,” Simcox said.
Their early-mid December 2020 visitor numbers were close to what they expected overall from the domestic market with a modest increase in domestic travellers in December 2020 compared to December 2019.
They hoped for a steady year ahead with small peaks over each of the school holidays and would not be mothballing the operation at any stage, he said. ....

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