The first Chinese tour group in three years, is about to touch down in Auckland.
It will be the first to arrive since New Zealand was added to China's Approved Destination list.
Marketing Minds Chief Executive Anne Casey told Mike Hosking tourists are now reprioritising after Covid.
She says travellers from China want to have their freedom, and feel safe.
Australia and the US are not on the approved destination list.
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