1075 days ago

Hotelliers plea for Queenstown to drop 'boom times bed tax experiment'

Nicole Mathewson Reporter from Otago News

A bed tax proposal should be immediately and permanently abandoned, say Queenstown and Wānaka hoteliers.

“It is almost beyond belief that bed tax is being worked on while we all fight for recovery from the worst trading conditions in living memory,” said Hotel Council Aotearoa strategic director James Doolan.

He told Queenstown Lakes District Councillors to shelve “the boom times bed tax experiment”, at a hearing on Monday.

Read more here and tell us what you think about the proposed bed tax in the comments below. Do you think it will help or hinder the region?

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