Travel restrictions and self-isolation periods imposed on visitors as the country ups its efforts to combat the deadly disease. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
New Zealand.- New Zealand’s Government has announced tough measures to prevent the spread of Coronavirus in the country with its gaming sector set to be hit hard. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Since last night, all travellers, except those coming from the Pacific islands, must self-isolate for fourteen days on their arrival to New Zealand. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
All cruise ships have also been banned from New Zealand until June 30, and further measures to stop mass gatherings are expected to follow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“I make no apologies. This is an unprecedented time,” Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said in a press conference<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Gaming companies such as SkyCity Entertainment have so far maintained silent over the measures. <\/p>\n\n\n\n In other countries, governments have forced casinos to close as part of wider efforts to contain the spread of the deadly virus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Travel restrictions and self-isolation periods imposed on visitors as the country ups its efforts to combat the deadly disease.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4509,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"New Zealand has implemented stringent travel restrictions, including mandatory 14-day self-isolation for most arrivals and a ban on cruise ships, to mitigate the spread of Coronavirus. These measures are anticipated to significantly impact the nation's gaming sector, particularly land-based casino operators like SkyCity Entertainment, by curtailing visitor volumes and potentially leading to operational disruptions.","focusai_entities":"SkyCity Entertainment, New Zealand Government, Jacinda Ardern","focusai_location":"New Zealand, Pacific islands","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.95), regulator (0.9), compliance_legal (0.8), operator_casino (0.98), investor_analyst (0.97), supplier_vendor (0.75), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Operational Impact Assessment","query":"What is the projected GGR and NGR impact for New Zealand-based casino operators, such as SkyCity Entertainment, over the next two fiscal quarters, considering these travel restrictions and potential further public health mandates?"},{"label":"Liquidity & Capital Strategy","query":"How are New Zealand gaming operators planning to manage liquidity and capital expenditure in response to anticipated revenue shortfalls and potential operational suspensions?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[160,16336,28,158],"tags":[29,7299,338],"class_list":["post-4496","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-asia-pacific","category-australasia-news","category-casino-news","category-slider-home","tag-casino","tag-coronavirus","tag-new-zealand"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4496","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4496"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4496\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777017183,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4496\/revisions\/777017183"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4509"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}