The current ski season has operators feeling optimistic - it appears Australians are planning to fill up the slopes.
Bookings of baches and houses in ski areas is already double what it was in 2019 according to holiday home firm Bachcare.
NZ Ski manages three major ski fields - The Remarkables, Coronet Peak, and Mt Hutt - and says bookings have massively increased since the bubble opened.
NZ Ski chief executive Paul Anderson spoke to Corin Dann.
