The tourism industry is celebrating the start of isolation-free trans-Tasman travel on Wednesday this week – three months earlier than originally planned. But worries remain over how ready we are to welcome them, The Spinoff reveals. High on the list are worker shortages, high flight prices and the question of how quickly the tourists will return, or if they will at all. One of the biggest issues right now is a shortage of trans-Tasman flights.

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