Amid Chinese travelers' rising desire for outbound tours, travel agencies have ramped up efforts to provide more targeted products to cope with a continuous boom in market demand, as multiple countries and regions have recently relaxed entry restrictions for Chinese tourists.
The first three outbound group tours heading for New Zealand departed from Guangzhou in South China's Guangdong Province at 12 am on Friday, as more than 60 tourists took CZ305 to Auckland, China Southern Airlines said on Sunday.
The tours, launched by Guangzhou GZL International Travel Corp, were the first batch of Chinese outbound group tours heading to the Southern Hemisphere after China resumed pilot outbound group tours and New Zealand resumed the issuance of ADS Group visas, the paper.cn reported on Sunday.
The cost per person reached 26,000 yuan ($3,765), with the 40 vacancies for two groups being sold out within one minute. A newly added third group sold out in one day.
A number of countries and regions have recently lifted the entry restrictions for Chinese travelers, such as Japan.
