14 May 2020

Tourists return to Queenstown after weeks of lockdown

From Checkpoint, 5:20 pm on 14 May 2020

Queenstown rolled out the welcome mat to domestic visitors today as passenger planes flew in for the first time since April 1.

The district has been reeling from thousands of job losses, with more than 5500 people requesting welfare since late March.

Visual journalist Nathan McKinnon and tourism reporter Tess Brunton were in Queenstown as travel resumed.