Lack of hotel developments outside biggest city could impact tourism

While several new hotels are nearing completion in Auckland, a lack of developments elsewhere in the country has sparked fears for the sector’s ability to bounce back from the impacts of the pandemic, RNZ reveals. “We’re seeing very low levels of new construction of hotels across other major tourist centres in New Zealand such as Rotorua, Wellington, Christchurch and Queenstown,” Colliers national director for hotels Dean Humphries said.