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Fox Glacier residents feared ghost town after slip
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English - June 13, 2023 20:59 - 3 minutes - 3.29 MB - ★★★★ - 11 ratingsNews Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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A ghost town - that's what Fox Glacier residents feared their town would become after access to their main tourist attraction was severed four years ago. In March 2019, a major landslide destroyed the road to the glacier. Less than six months later, locals were told it wouldn't be reopening and the government was stepping in to help fund alternative attractions. Tourism reporter Tess Brunton reports.