http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU180...iple-times.htm
Not sure where to post this but I suppose it has the most potential to hurt AIR or THL. Interesting that one's trip aboard a boat to see the Milford sound for example apparently already includes a DOC charge. Thing is N.Z. is not cheap and I looked at a decent 6 person motorhome for 10 days ex Queenstown and there's so little change from $4,000 you'd struggle to replenish the gas tank with it.
If they keep adding costs on top it can't help can it ! On the other hand the lower Kiwi does help tourists money go further so perhaps this is the right time to introduce a levy but well worth noting that tourists already pay billions in GST.
Just thinking out loud..I wonder if the tax working group currently doing their whole think tank exercise arrive at the conclusion that GST going up is the real answer to their multi billion dollar question... Could we end up at 20% GST like the U.K. ? What effect on tourism then ?