WELLINGTON—New Zealand’s Labor-led government said it plans to impose a tax on most international visitors to fund infrastructure and ease strains on the South Pacific nation’s booming tourism sector.
The new tax of up to NZ$35 ($24.40) per person will start in mid-2019 and is expected to provide an extra NZ$57 million to NZ$80 million ($39.7 million–$55.8 million) a year to fund conservation and infrastructure.
