The Marlborough Flyer steam train. Photo: RNZ / Tracy Neal Pounamu Tourism Group owner Paul Jackson said they were preparing for about 60 cruise ship to arrive in Picton in 2020. His company would take 300 passengers on the Marlborough Flyer steam train, delivering them to Blenhiem. But when Covid-19 struck and he, like many others, was left with the vast majority of his usual market cut off by border closures. "We were scratching our heads over lockdown and, obviously, the business was looking at 11,000 cruise passengers on the train and then back to zero, it was quite a jolt for us." Five percent of their business was previously domestic.