China on Thursday announced that New Zealand is now placed on the list of the visa-free countries. After the announcement, the searches by New Zealand tourists for China-related keywords, in 30 minutes, increased by 65 percent from the previous day on the online travel agency Trip.com.

Since the beginning of 2024, inbound tourism orders made by New Zealand tourists have increased by nearly 60 percent year-on-year, ranking the 15th largest source of inbound tourism in China.

Currently, the number of flights between China and New Zealand has surpassed that in the same period of 2019. Many airliners have started or resumed direct flights between Chinese cities and Auckland, a large metropolitan city in New Zealand.

Editor Ⅰ: Zhang Wenwen

Editor Ⅱ: Wu Dan

Editor Ⅲ: Liu Guosong