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Supplied A strong and well-coordinated plan to welcome tourists back was essential, she said. “This combined with the vaccination roll-out provides us cautious optimism that we are starting to reach a turning point in our response to one of the most significant economic disruptors of our generation.” Westland District Mayor Bruce Smith was especially pleased with the $49 million allocated to assisting businesses, particularly in Fox Glacier and Franz Josef, that had gone into hibernation. John Kirk-Anderson/Stuff Regional forecasts show up to 80 per cent of jobs in Franz Josef are at risk. “That will be huge for us. The reality is that we’ve got to have attractions if we want people coming to visit us,” Smith said. ....
The Scenic Hotel in Franz Josef. Photo: Supplied / Scenic Hotel Group The Te Waonui Forest Retreat and Scenic Hotel in Franz Josef and the Heartland Hotel and Heartland Glacier Country in Fox Glacier will close at the end of the season in May. Scenic Hotel Group managing director Brendan Taylor said despite investment from people in the region and a reimagined price point, the volume and appetite from domestic tourists was simply not there. Over the past year, the Group has exhausted all avenues to stimulate domestic tourism to the region in an effort to make up for the loss of international tourism and ongoing uncertainty around an Australian travel bubble. ....