Quote Originally Posted by Beagle View Post
I think we need to start charging a serious cost to pay for the infrastructure required so they're not doing their business on the side of the road by the lake.
full agree mate. from memory, I recently paid city tax in both venice and rome - which was about 5 euro a night pp (collected by the hotels 'on behalf of'). As a tourist, I didn't mind paying it at all. Don't think it will dent numbers coming to NZ if it was implemented - rather improve their experiences when they get here provided it is directly reinvested (rather than used for something else). It might even help boost numbers....