[Keith C.]

After graduating from college, my daughter is thinking about spending some time in NZ on a working holiday. She has been studying Japanese for about 6 years now. She was wondering whether there are jobs she could get where this could be useful.

I was thinking that she might be able to work at some tourism-oriented businesses. Is NZ a big vacation spot for Japanese?

Regards,
Keith

[wiki]

There has always been a lot of Japanese tourism to Queenstown and Te Anau, and bilingual staff are always sort by tour companies and specialist shops. Queenstown has a year round season because it also offers ski-ing, but Te Anau tends to only hire staff from October - April.

[IanW99]

Anywhere in NZ that there is tourism, you will find Japanese tourists. NI or SI so she shouldn't have any problems wherever she goes.

Ian

[Tia Maria]

Wrong country, but the Gold Coast, Australia, is a magnet for Japanese tourists.

Cheers

Tia

[Chiba]

There are a fair few Japanese tourists in NZ, yes, and some Japanese people live here too (Mrs Chiba and our kids, for example :)). Not sure how speaking Japanese would directly help with getting a job, because there are a fair few of native speakers here with good English, but it can't hurt!