Sara Vui-Talitu/RNZ The youth market generates roughly $1.5 billion in foreign exchange earnings. He was worried that honing in on wealthy tourists would leave many operators high and dry - including some of the big tourism businesses that relied on volume. The youth market generated roughly $1.5 billion in foreign exchange earnings. YHA chief executive Mark Wells said focusing on high-value tourism discounted the significance of the youth market to the visitor economy in New Zealand. "This will limit the appeal to the youth market, but also the broader target as well.

Source: Stuff November 19, 2020 18:22 UTC