New Zealand wants a chunk of the Chinese tourist dollar too. – Tourism New Zealand
With mining losing steam in the former and tourism set to leapfrog dairy as top earner in the latter, Australia and New Zealand are gearing up to lure Chinese tourists to fill the gap in a worsening economic outlook.
AUSTRALIA and New Zealand risk losing a global arms race for big-spending Chinese holidaymakers unless they improve their services and infrastructure, jeopardising hopes that tourism will fill the economic hole left by the commodities downturn.
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