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    ‘We were very blessed’: in the Cook Islands, pandemic proved a welcome respite from tourists

    Aug 19, 2021 4 minutes

    For nearly a year and a half after the onset of the pandemic, the Cook Islands didn’t see a single tourist.

    In early 2020 the south Pacific country was forced to close its borders to keep Covid-19 out. In doing so it shut the doors on an industry that contributes two-thirds of the remote island country’s GDP.

    Lives were upended, hotels were shut down and the government was forced to borrow tens of millions dollars to keep the economy afloat. Local people left in droves to find work in New Zealand’s South Island.

    Many people took to their gardens and looked to the sea for

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