The China New Zealand Year of Tourism is supposed to work both ways, attracting Kiwis to visit Chinese attractions, such as the Great Wall, but the official launch event is under a cloud. The business community has mixed feelings about the postponement of a much vaunted launch of the Chinese New Zealand Year of Tourism that was supposed to take place next week. Executive director of the New Zealand China Council Stephen Jacobi said it was a potentially worrying sign about the tone of the relationship between the two countries. SUPPLIED Executive director of the New Zealand China Council Stephen Jacob says timing of a tourism event launch could have far reaching implications. Tourism Export Council chief executive Judy Chen said a lot of inbound travel agents were promoting the year of tourism and they certainly hoped it would go ahead as planned.

Source: Stuff February 12, 2019 03:14 UTC