A watershed meeting in Wellington could be a turning point in bolstering Queenstown's creaking infrastructure. Lakes District Mayor Jim Boult is to meet Housing and Transport Minister Phil Twyford, Finance Minister Grant Robertson and Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters to discuss big-ticket issues for Queenstown in February. ''I have some confidence that we will finally get some traction with the visitor levy,'' Mr Boult said. But, in November, new Labour Tourism Minister Kelvin Davis said a visitor levy remained on the ''to-do'' list. The Queenstown Lakes District Council and Queenstown Chamber of Commerce both support charging visitors as a means to improving infrastructure.

Source: Otago Daily Times December 27, 2017 16:07 UTC