Originally Posted by
Bobdn
It's not a bad thing, I mean we are in a climate emergency and have a planet that is literally boiling. We also learnt, during lockdowns, that we dont actually need tourists coming here. My friends in Wellington, who were working from home in their slippers and for some reason still are, told me the economy thrived without Internantional visitors.
It really made me think. I always thought for years that tourism was important and our second biggest foreign exchange earner. Turns out I was wrong. It's a nice to have (I guess) but ultimately, unimportant.