Chinese premier, New Zealand PM congratulate launch of year of tourism

BEIJING, March 30 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and his news.cn/en/tag/i0xngaj3163f76200c981b/index.html" target="_blank">new Zealand counterpart, Jacinda Ardern, sent congratulatory messages respectively to the opening ceremony of 2019 news.cn/en/tag/i0xngaj3163f76200c981b/index.html" target="_blank">news.cn/en/tag/i0xkfcd844efd48692805f/index.html" target="_blank">CHINA-news.cn/en/tag/i0xngaj3163f76200c981b/index.html" target="_blank">new Zealand Year of Tourism, which was held Saturday in Wellington.

In his message, Li said tourism is an important area of news.cn/en/tag/i0xngaj3163f76200c981b/index.html" target="_blank">news.cn/en/tag/i0xkfcd844efd48692805f/index.html" target="_blank">CHINA-news.cn/en/tag/i0xngaj3163f76200c981b/index.html" target="_blank">new Zealand cooperation and a driving force for the two peoples' mutual understanding and friendly ties.

Last year, there were around 600,000 visits between the two countries, Li said, adding that news.cn/en/tag/i0xngaj3163f76200c981b/index.html" target="_blank">news.cn/en/tag/i0xkfcd844efd48692805f/index.html" target="_blank">CHINA remains news.cn/en/tag/i0xngaj3163f76200c981b/index.html" target="_blank">new Zealand's second largest overseas tourist market.

The news.cn/en/tag/i0xngaj3163f76200c981b/index.html" target="_blank">news.cn/en/tag/i0xkfcd844efd48692805f/index.html" target="_blank">CHINA-news.cn/en/tag/i0xngaj3163f76200c981b/index.html" target="_blank">new Zealand Year of Tourism presents a news.cn/en/tag/i0xngaj3163f76200c981b/index.html" target="_blank">new opportunity for the two countries to deepen tourism cooperation and enhance people-to-people communication, he said.

The two governments and their respective tourism authorities should enhance services to ensure better experiences for tourists from news.cn/en/tag/i0xngaj3163f76200c981b/index.html" target="_blank">news.cn/en/tag/i0xkfcd844efd48692805f/index.html" target="_blank">CHINA and news.cn/en/tag/i0xngaj3163f76200c981b/index.html" target="_blank">new Zealand, Li said.

More people-to-people contact between news.cn/en/tag/i0xngaj3163f76200c981b/index.html" target="_blank">news.cn/en/tag/i0xkfcd844efd48692805f/index.html" target="_blank">CHINA and news.cn/en/tag/i0xngaj3163f76200c981b/index.html" target="_blank">new Zealand will increase their mutual understanding, which are central to growing popular support for bilateral relations, the Chinese premier said.