What they say

"Tourism will be the biggest business in the next century. When my father was born 67 years ago, there were 25 million tourists in the world. When my son was born 15 years ago, we had more than 700 million tourists in the world. And now we have more than 1.2 billion."

Istvan Ujhelyi, vice-chair of the Committee on Transport and Tourism of the European Parliament

"China is New Zealand's second-largest and fastest-growing visitor market, and visitor numbers have more than tripled since 2008. Chinese tourists are finding more to love about New Zealand - they are staying longer, spending more, and returning more often."