The New Zealand Tourism Minister confirms – there will be a new tourism law for New Zealand.

It can affect flight prices – to and from the country.

Last year alone, 3.7 million tourists visited New Zealand.
Just two decades ago, there were 500,000.
This has put pressure on the infrastructure and now New Zealand wants to introduce a tourist tax.

Reinvested in tourism
According to New Zealand's Tourism Minister Kelvin Davis, the country will introduce a tourist tax in early 2019, writes the New Zealand newspaper Stuff.
The tourist tax is expected to end at 25 New Zealand dollars, approximately 150 kronor.
For each person, the impact will not be very large. However, the tourist tax is expected to bring in approximately 450 million kronor to the treasury. The money will be reinvested in tourism but without burdening local communities.

Added to the flight ticket
How the tourist tax will be levied has not yet been confirmed.
– We are looking at a number of different options, says Davids during a tourism conference.
However, according to the New Zealand Times, the tourist tax will likely be added to the airfare.
Amsterdam, Paris and New York already have a similar tax to deal with tourist congestion.

Source: aftonbladet.se