10,000 Kiwis Invite Friends and Family to Visit NZ

Already 30,000 curious Kiwis have visited the website for 'The Great Kiwi Invite', a new tourism campaign launched by the Prime Minister on Friday.

‘The Great Kiwi Invite’ campaign calls on all New Zealanders to support the tourism industry and become ambassadors for their country. The campaign is a Tourism New Zealand initiative encouraging New Zealanders to get in touch with friends and family overseas and invite them over for a visit, with an added incentive of the chance to win return Air New Zealand flights

Kiwis have been quick to sign-in to the website and send invitations. By Monday evening - only three days after the campaign website went live - 10,000 Kiwis had registered to send invites to their friends and family and 3,500 of these invitations had been accepted.

"This campaign is about using one of our best assets, good old fashioned Kiwi hospitality, to help New Zealand’s economy in these tougher times," says George Hickton, Tourism New Zealand Chief Executive.

Read more about 'The Great Kiwi Invite' campaign ... and start inviting your friends and family - they could fly to New Zealand for free! Sign-up online at www.thegreatkiwiinvite.com