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