Some New Zealanders do not approve of influx of tourists

Every country wants tourism to flourish but, New Zealand is probably an exception. This is because one in five New Zealanders are worried about the influx of tourists. This is as per a survey carried out by Tourism Industry Aotearoa and Tourism New Zealand.
The concerns were about road accidents and traffic congestion apart from overcrowding, a lack of infrastructure and environmental impacts.
This has been reported in nzherald.co.nz dated 9 December 2016.

As per the latest Mood of the Nation research survey, more than a quarter of Kiwis believe the country gets too few visitors, and 19 per cent are worried the country may be attracting too many. This is up from 13 per cent a year ago.
Incidentally, tourism is a money earner and delivers around $40 million in foreign exchange to the New Zealand economy every day. In addition, domestic tourism contributes another $55 million. In fact, tourism is New Zealand's biggest export earner. It had contributed $14.5 billion or 20.7 per cent of New Zealand's foreign exchange earnings for the year ended March 2016.
The arrival of tourists last year was about 3.4 million.


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