"We have had a lot of interest and it has been very encouraging," Dunedin Chinese garden manager Siew Gek Sim said.
Billed as the only authentic Chinese garden in the southern hemisphere and one of only three in the world, it has generated a surge of interest from buyers at the tourism trade fair, particularly from China.
The interest had the potential to increase visitor numbers to Dunedin, as tour groups which normally visited Christchurch and Queenstown on their short-stay trips to the South Island, might include Dunedin as part of their itinerary, she said.
The Dunedin City Council-run stall had several free appointments to market its attractions, but the stall was 95% booked as word spread about the garden, she said.
Ms Sim, along with Dunedin Visitor Centre manager Louise van de Vlierd, was also marketing the Otago Settlers Museum, Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Dunedin Botanic Garden and Walk Dunedin as part of the three-day conference.
