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the risks and rewards of raising the foreign tourist tax

  • Written by: Tracy Harkison, Associate Professor, School of Hospitality and Tourism, Auckland University of Technology
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What should visiting Aotearoa New Zealand cost your average tourist? The government has suggested raising the price of admission – otherwise known as the international visitor conservation and tourism levy (IVL) – from NZ$35 to $100.

The aim is to relieve New Zealand taxpayers and ratepayers of some of the tourism costs...

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