Tourism To Be Expensive – Chinese Travel Agent Claims
It is going to very expensive for Travelers from China to visit New Zealand, the application fees are going to remain the same, but Chinese travel and education agents say that the increase in the visa fee would affect the number of visitors coming to New Zealand each year.
The immigration department of New Zealand has appointed Swiss multinational VFS Global services collection agent for visa applications for Chinese travel.
The cost for visa application was ($46) 240 yuan, but now it has doubled to 460 yuan. Xiali Fand a travel agent said that it is much cheaper for Chinese travelers to get visa to go to Europe than travel to New Zealand.
The Chinese travelers will go there where they think it's worth going, but the cost of going to New Zealand is very high now.