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It has been an agonising wait for many business owners like Rob Jewell of Fox Glacier Guiding, who rely heavily on tourists to take adventure tours on the ice.
He could not be more joyful to welcome Australians with open arms. Now is just a good a time as any. We ll take it. Happy we have finally got a date and can plan - I just cant wait.
Queenstown, Franz Joseph, Fox Glacier and small towns within the South Island have been hit particularly hard due to lack of tourists.
But now, the trans-Tasman bubble changes everything.
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