Govt hits ‘snooze’ button on bed taxes
There’s little appetite for an additional tourism levy at central government level.
Mass support for a bed tax was 'windowdressing', hoteliers say.
Brent Melville
Fri, 09 May 2025
There’s little appetite for an additional tourism levy at central government level.
Mass support for a bed tax was 'windowdressing', hoteliers say.
Auckland hoteliers say Mayor Wayne Brown’s renewed appeal to government to sign off on a bed tax on the city’s accommodation providers is “window dressing” with little actual support.
Last week Brown suggested that public consultation on the annual plan had yielded wide-ranging support, with
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