Tourism New Zealand and Immigration New Zealand have launched an extension of the Tourism Industry Partnership (TIP) Programme to facilitate faster processing of visitor visa applications for Indian leisure travelers.
Riding on the success of the previous partnership between Immigration New Zealand (INZ), Tourism New Zealand (TNZ) and key travel agents, the Tourism Industry Partnership (TIP) Programme has now been extended to leisure agents.
The previous programme was launched in November 2014 and focussed on the business and incentive travel sector. It resulted in the growth of incentive group trips worth NZ $ 22m in 4 years (FY14-FY17) with a 99 percent approval rate.
With this new arrangement announced on Thursday, May 3, Indian leisure travelers will benefit from a more streamlined visa service, with a faster processing time of three days, compared to the previous online application processing time of 15 days.