Originally Posted by
kiwifrequentflyer
In Europe, the discussion is re-opening international travel to certain countries that have indicated they will accept tourists (like Greece) in July and to have a July-September tourist season, before everyone goes home and hopes there isn't a second winter wave.
Perhaps then that might be our timeline: if all goes to plan, travel around the South Pacific resuming from July. Many Australians would be interested in coming over for a quick ski season, and plenty of New Zealanders would be interested in traveling to a warmer climate!
Dr Fauci and others have said that there will almost certainly be a 2nd wave in the winder months. These are the same people who said that a global pandemic was a when not an if, a few month ago and they were right. The only way for a 2nd wave not to come is to completely eliminate the virus which is quite achievable both in Australia and New Zealand but the cost is to keep the borders closed. There will be some tough decisions for both Primie Ministers especially when other countries start to open up. More realistically perhaps in the short run the best we can hope for is full trans-Tasman tourism. That may mean joint decision making regarding opening borders to a third country.