Australian tourists will be exempt from the NZ$100 levy which critics say will deter travellers
New Zealand will nearly triple entry fees for tourists, the government has said, spurring criticism from the key tourism sector that the higher levy will deter visitors.
However, the country’s Tourism Industry Association believes the higher fees will discourage visitors, especially as the sector, once New Zealand’s biggest export earner, is still struggling to recover from Data from Stats NZ released on Tuesday showed that travel export receipts for the year ended 30 June were at NZ$14.96bn, down 5% from prior to the pandemic. Visitor numbers, according to the bureau, are roughly 80% of levels before the border closures.
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