Coronavirus to exacerbate slide in Chinese visitors

Coronavirus to exacerbate slide in Chinese visitors
Paul McBeth
Travel restrictions imposed on Chinese visitors are expected to exacerbate the decline in New Zealand’s second-biggest pool for tourists. Short-term Chinese visitor arrivals fell 9.2 percent to 407,141 in calendar 2019 from the year prior. Stats NZ populations indicators manager Tehseen Islam said recent restrictions imposed on foreign nations coming from or through China are expected to sap those numbers further. “Monthly arrivals from China typically peak in January or February, depending on the timing of the Chinese New Year holiday pe...

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