Safe distancing restrictions on group sizes and activities have clipped demand from one of their largest audience groups – students.
“Before COVID-19, from January to November last year, I entertained 17,000 visitors – including about 12,000 students – on booked tours to the farm," Mr Hay told CNA.A Hay Dairies employee milking the farm's goats. “So some people come and they don’t know what we are doing , they just look around and then leave,” he said.HOW TO SUSTAIN INTEREST EVEN WHEN TRAVEL RESTARTS
That means the farm's new facility, which is due to be completed around end-2022, would come at a good time, he said.that would help them better control the flow of visitors, Mr Hay said there will be a better viewing gallery and maybe a new interaction area with “teenage” goats.