澳华媒：2017年中国赴新西兰游客数量骤降 消费陡减

中新网1月4日电 新西兰先驱报中文网刊发文章称，2017年，赴新西兰观光的中国游客数量和消费都出现了急剧下滑。虽然旅游业对未来前景看好，但业内人士认为，近期不太可能恢复往年30%至40%的增长盛况。

文章摘编如下：

过去四年，从中国飞往新西兰的航班数量出现了两位数的增长。人们普遍认为未来五年内中国有望超过澳大利亚，成为新西兰最大的旅游出口市场。

但截至2017年9月，中国游客在新西兰的消费额为14.24亿新西兰元，比2016年下跌了18%。赴新西兰的中国游客人数也在下滑，2017年6月同前年相比，游客人数减少了15%，降至1.1万人。

新西兰旅游行业协会首席执行官Chris Roberts说：“新西兰已经推出了5年多次入境签证。但2017年中国出境游突然放慢了增长的步伐。”从客观上来说，新的签证措施推迟了很多中国游客的行程，这些游客希望等到新签证政策落实后，再申请到新西兰旅游。

Roberts说，7月新签证政策落实后，中国游客的数量开始快速回升，同时旅游方式开始向自由行倾斜。中国游客倾向于在不同的时间到新西兰旅游，并停留更长的时间。

然而，中国每年有1.4亿人次海外度假，其中只有40万人次的目的地是新西兰。

2019年是中国-新西兰旅游年，旅游业希望进一步强化新西兰清洁、美丽的自然名片，鼓励游客前往常规路线之外的地区。

旅游出口委员会主席Judy Chen说，从2017年开始，中国游客的自由行逐渐取代旅行团，这是旅游方式的重大转变。旅游业的增长虽然会因此放慢，但服务价值含量得到提高，这是旅游业希望看到的。

来源：中国新闻网

Chinese media: 2017 Chinese went to New Zealand arrivals plunged a sharp reduction of consumption

In January 4, the New Zealand Herald Chinese published the article said, in 2017, and the number of consumption in New Zealand sightseeing tourists are China there has been a sharp decline. Although tourism is promising for future prospects, industry insiders think it is unlikely that the recent 30% to 40% growth will be restored in the past.

Article excerpts are as follows:

Over the past four years, the number of flights to New Zealand from China to New Zealand has increased by two figures. It is widely believed that China is expected to overtake Australia in the next five years and become the largest tourist export market in New Zealand.

But as of September 2017, the consumption of Chinese tourists in New Zealand was 1 billion 424 million New Zealand yuan, down 18% from 2016. The number of Chinese tourists to New Zealand is also falling. Compared with the previous year, the number of tourists dropped by 15% to 11 thousand in June 2017.

Chris Roberts, chief executive of the New Zealand Tourism Industry Association, said: "New Zealand has launched more than 5 years of entry visas. But in 2017, China's outbound travel suddenly slowed the pace of growth. " Objectively speaking, the new visa measures have postponed many Chinese tourists' journeys. These tourists hope to wait for the new visa policy to go to New Zealand after the implementation of the new visa policy.

Roberts said that after the implementation of the new visa policy in July, the number of Chinese tourists began to rebound rapidly, while the way of tourism began to tilt to free travel. Chinese tourists tend to travel to New Zealand at different times and stay longer.

However, there are 140 million overseas holidays in China each year, of which only 400 thousand are in New Zealand.

2019 is the new year of China New Zealand tourism. Tourism industry hopes to further enhance the clean and beautiful natural business cards of New Zealand, and encourage tourists to go beyond the regular routes.

Judy Chen, chairman of the tourism export Committee, said that since 2017, the free travel of Chinese tourists has gradually replaced the tour group, which is a major shift in the way of tourism. Although the growth of tourism will slow down, the value of service is improved, which is expected by the tourism industry.

Source: China News Network

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