Ua piʻi aʻe ʻo Kina ma mua o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa a ua kokoke e lilo i lua o ka mākeke mākaʻikaʻi nui loa ma New Zealand, e like me ka International Visitor Survey hou loa.
Ua hōʻike ʻia ka noiʻi ʻana a ka Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, he $5.6 biliona ka hoʻolimalima huakaʻi no ka makahiki e pau ana ʻo Iune 2012.
Ua paʻa kēia ma ka huina kālā o ka makahiki i hala aku nei he $5.5 biliona, ʻoiai ua piʻi ka nui o nā malihini mai 5 pākēneka i 2.6 miliona.
ʻO kahi mea kū i ka noiʻi ʻo Kina, wahi a ka luna noiʻi a me ka loiloi loiloi o ke Kuhina Peter Ellis.
“Inā ʻaʻole no ka Rugby World Cup i kēia manawa, ua ʻike mākou i ka emi ʻana o ka nui o nā malihini kipa ma mua o $200 miliona.
"Akā naʻe, ua hoʻonui ʻia nā lilo mai nā malihini Kina i ka 27 pakeneka i $ 522 miliona.
"ʻO Kina ko mākou kolu o ka mākeke mākaʻikaʻi nui loa a hilahila wale i ka $ 568 miliona i hoʻohana ʻia e nā malihini mai UK."
Ua ʻoi aku ʻo Kina iā Kelemania a me ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa a e lilo koke ʻo ia i ko mākou mākeke malihini kipa lua, ma hope o Australia, wahi a Ellis.
Ua hoʻonui ʻia ka nui o nā malihini kipa o Australia i New Zealand i 6 pākēneka i 1.17 miliona akā ua paʻa ka hoʻolimalima ma $ 1.6 biliona.
Ua lilo kēlā me kēia mākaʻikaʻi i ka awelika o 19.4 mau lā ma ka ʻāina, mai 20.1 mau lā i ka makahiki i pau ʻo Iune 2011.
ʻO ka awelika o nā lilo he $2300.
Hoʻokumu ʻia ka International Visitor Survey ma nā nīnauele me 5200 mau mākaʻikaʻi i kēlā me kēia makahiki e haʻalele ana mai nā mokulele ʻo New Zealand.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- “Inā ʻaʻole no ka Rugby World Cup i kēia manawa, ua ʻike mākou i ka emi ʻana o ka nui o nā malihini kipa ma mua o $200 miliona.
- Ua piʻi aʻe ʻo Kina ma mua o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa a ua kokoke e lilo i lua o ka mākeke mākaʻikaʻi nui loa ma New Zealand, e like me ka International Visitor Survey hou loa.
- “China is now our third-largest tourist market and just shy of the $568 million spent by visitors from the UK.