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Preparations are already underway at resorts in the Cook Islands - expecting an influx of quarantine free tourists from New Zealand in less than a fortnight. Tourism operators have been holding out for much needed visitors and there's elation with the announcement of a travel bubble with New Zealand starting on May the 17th.
However the opposition party is warning of the risks associated with opening the borders before the population is vaccinated. Pre-Covid, tourism contributed more than $1 million a day to the Cook Islands economy, 65 per cent of the total GDP.
To discuss the travel green light to Rarotonga, Cook Islands Tourism Marketing Corporation Chief Executive Officer Halatoa Fua and Marcus Niszow, who is the CEO of the Pacific Resort Hotel Group. Also Vanessa Marsh, Chair of the Niue Tourism Board.
