A tax on overseas tourists is a good ideaGreen MP Eugenie Sage is the new minister of conservation. A single visit to the great church would cost more than the overall proposed tax paid by a foreign tourist in this country. A tourism tax on foreigners could be levied by an arrival or departure tax in New Zealand. Te Papa, for instance, could charge foreigners at the door and has sometimes talked about doing so. About 43 per cent of Te Papa's 1.6 million tourists are from overseas and pay only for special fee-paying exhibitions.

Source: Stuff January 03, 2018 16:01 UTC