In February, New Zealand will introduce a yearlong Chinese tourism initiative; China is the country’s second largest source of tourists after Australia, and the fastest growing. He added that New Zealand had a history of overlooking local residents’ concerns as it sought to aggressively increase tourism. One of the family members, Tina Maria Cash, was convicted of theft in the Hamilton District Court and ordered to pay 55 New Zealand dollars for stealing from a gas station. It is not the first time outraged New Zealanders have confronted tourists. In a spate of incidents in 2015, tourists had their car keys forcibly taken from them by locals who believed they were driving poorly.

Source: New York Times January 22, 2019 10:31 UTC