We have put together a round-up of all the latest news, weather, and travel information for Monday, May 2, as New Zealand has begun welcoming back tourists from the UK and more than 50 other countries for the first time in more than two years after dropping most of its remaining pandemic border restrictions. Before the spread of Covid-19, more than three million tourists visited each year, accounting for 20% of New Zealand's foreign income and more than 5% of the overall economy.
But international tourism stopped altogether in early 2020 after New Zealand imposed some of the world's toughest border restrictions.
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