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Today we're talking ‘high-value’ tourists vs ‘low-value’ tourists… after officials indicated the reopening of the borders would shift a focus to those who are willing to come here and spend up the most.

It has left some providers for the so-called ‘low-value’ ones - the backpackers and the freedom campers - confused over how they fit into the picture.

We’ll talk to high-end Queenstown hotel owner Kevin Carlin, and Dan Alpe - the CEO of Jucy home of the familiar bright green road-tripping rentals.

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