Nelson Weekly Locally Owned and Operated
Wednesday 3 June 2020
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Local tourism bouncing back Jonty Dine
With travel restrictions now lifted, the Nelson tourism industry is slowly beginning to rebuild from the damage lockdown created. Visitor destination manager for the Nelson Regional Development
Agency, Gisela Purcell, says you can’t get knocked back much further than to have no tourism at all. She says about 10 per cent of the local population is employed in the tourism industry. “That is significant, and it has
been a massive hit for a lot of people with some having reduced hours or even made redundant.” However, now we are reopening, Gisela says the evidence is showing people are starting to travel again. She says with local support, it
shouldn’t be long before the sector is thriving again. “People are exploring their own backyard which is very encouraging to see.” Gisela says hospitality has managed to bounce back faster with people catching up with
friends and family at bars, cafés and restaurants in Levels Three and Two. But they are also starting to see more domestic travel within the region as locals try to support
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Pumped for bike track Kate Russell Victory Primary School students have been welcomed back to school after the Covid-19 lockdown with their very own pump track. The school is the latest on a fastgrowing list around Nelson to receive one, thanks to the Bikes in
Mahina Taylor-Young, Ben Cinzah, Simon Thang and Sui Tha Mawi try out the new pump track at Victory Primary School. Photo: Kate Russell.
Schools Charitable Trust, who also provided a fleet of 40 bikes to the school last year. The track, which snakes around an under-utilised back field, was completed at the end of May and only took a week to build. Principal Helen Taylor-Young says the pump track will help support the school’s physical activity programme. “It also provides equity for students who want to learn how to ride bike but haven’t been able to, which has often been an issue.” She is hoping to run some sessions with Sport Tasman this year to help teach students some bike skills. Eight-year-old student Freya Goodwin thinks the track is an “amazing” addition to the school. “It’s bumpy and got good corners. Normally in mountain biking areas the corners are really hard.” The project was organised by Nelson Marlborough District Health Board health promoter Aaryn Barlow.
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