Another report is emerging today of a group of three tourists lost in the Kahurangi National park (Golden Bay).
Read about it here: http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/8580880/Tourist-trampers-missing-in-National-Park
Of course the search and rescue operation is going to cost you and I as New Zealand taxpayers. I'm sick of being asked to fund this sort of search and rescue.
It's time we considered making insurance compulsory for tourists.
This sort of thing happens so regularly that the expense must be significant. My idea is to insist that travelers to our shores have in place some sort of insurance against being a burden on our Government.
This insurance should cover medical expenses incurred here, search & rescue operations, costs of criminal proceedings against the tourist and anything else that our Government is forced to expend while they remain in NZ.
Travelers who arrive here without any insurance should be given the option - sign up now or leave on the next flight.
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