100,000 tourists stuck in New Zealand to go home as rules ease

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Tourists allowed to take internal flights to leave country, charter flights organized by foreign countries

Motorway signage that reads"Essential Travel Only, covid19.govt.nz" is seen over the deserted State Highway One after the Level 4 lockdown came into force, in Wellington on March 26, 2020.About 100,000 tourists stuck in New Zealand since it began a lockdown last week were starting to fly to their home countries Friday.

Air New Zealand said the first of several flights chartered by the German government to repatriate stranded Germans left Friday afternoon from Auckland bound for Frankfurt via Vancouver, Canada. The German Embassy in Wellington last week said more than 12,000 had signed up for its repatriation program.

While most of the stranded tourists are from the U.K. and Europe, officials said about 2,700 tourists from Asia and 3,800 from North and South America combined had also signed up to be repatriated.

 

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