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<\/p>\nOne of New Zealand’s largest resort groups is considering barring bookings from unvaccinated campers in preparation for a summer.<\/p>\n
TOP 10 which runs fifty campgrounds across the country has said that campgrounds have some difficult booking decisions to make ahead of the high season.<\/p>\n
The holiday parks has said it will be difficult to accommodate unvaccinated guests if Covid is endemic in the community.<\/p>\n
CEO David Ovendale says that local lockdowns have played havoc during the October school holidays and Labour Day bookings.<\/p>\n
“If we lost the summer that would be extremely difficult,” he said.<\/p>\n
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The possibility of a “No Jab, No stay” policy was now a plan the board and campground owners were discussing to shore up vital summer bookings, he told Newstalk ZB<\/i>.<\/p>\n
Whichever decision they make, it won’t please everyone says Ovendale, but that’s the challenge the industry is facing.<\/p>\n
“Do you have the right to sleep in a tent 10 metres away from me if I’m vaccinated and you’re not? That’s where life gets a lot more interesting.”<\/p>\n
“We’re hoping for some leadership and guidance but if that’s not forthcoming then we’ll have to forge our own way forward.”<\/p>\n
The nature of the campgrounds has meant that the parks were easily made compliant with previous distancing measures and visitor caps.<\/p>\n
However without government guidlines, Ovendale said they were taking their lead from industry leaders such as Air New Zealand.<\/p>\n
On Sunday the carrier said it would be mandating vaccines for all international travellers from 1 February.<\/p>\n
Air New Zealand are now considering extending this to their domestic network, but would have to balance this with the need for air connectivity across the country.<\/p>\n
The use of rapid antigen tests was also being considered as an option for unvaccinated passengers.<\/p>\n
“Asking domestic travellers to be vaccinated is something we’ve been looking at but haven’t made any decisions on,” said a spokesperson for the airline.<\/p>\n