12 May 2023

Chinese tourists trickling back to NZ

From Morning Report, 6:08 am on 12 May 2023

The much awaited return of Chinese tourists is off to a slower than expected start.

Pre-Covid, China was Aotearoa's second largest international market by arrivals.... behind Australia.

The first fights from across the Tasman landed in New Zealand after the border reopened on 13 April 2022.

Photo: RNZ / Marika Khabazi

And its place in the tourism equation been a hot topic at the TRENZ tourism conference in Christchurch this week.

Tourism reporter Tess Brunton has more.