Minister for Tourism Stuart Nash and West-Coast Tasman MP Damien O'Connor will meet business operators in Franz Josef on Tuesday afternoon. Photo / Tourism West Coast
Minister for Tourism Stuart Nash and West-Coast Tasman MP Damien O'Connor will meet business operators in Franz Josef on Tuesday afternoon. Photo / Tourism West Coast
A vital face-to-face meeting for a community on its knees will get under way today.
Minister for Tourism Stuart Nash and West Coast-Tasman MP Damien O'Connor will meet business operators in Franz Josef on Tuesday afternoon.
The pair will discuss support options for a district starved of its main sourceof income - foreign tourists.
Glacier Country Helicopters chief Poppy Gordon said most importantly there needs to be funding for mental health support.
She said she's also hoping businesses will be given some financial support until borders open again.
"Development West Coast and Glacier Country tourism, they've been working really diligently on not just putting our hand out, but we are actually quantifying the options."