Almost one million Australians a year come to New Zealand and 90,000 arrived in April alone, with tens of thousands more expected during the ski season.
"Think of all the Australians planning their ski trips to New Zealand with Melbourne recently described as the swine flu capital of the world," Mr Ebert said.
"This flu has the potential to be much nastier than the usual ones, as the population has little familiarity with it," BNZ economist Craig Ebert said.http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/swine-flu/2503024/Swine-flu-a-threat-to-economic-activity
