Christchurch, New Zealand asks locals to take in tourists during room shortage


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Tourism to New Zealand is on the rise thanks to the booming Asian market, but some visitors could get more local experiences than they bargained for with rooms in the third largest city are still constrained following a 2011 earthquake.

Christchurch will encourage residents to open up their homes to tourists next summer in a bid to avoid another “accommodation crisis” in the city. Tourism bosses want to establish a billeting s