CORRECT: Tourism coalition claims government downplaying negative impacts of border clearance levy

CORRECT: Tourism coalition claims government downplaying negative impacts of border clearance levy
Fiona Rotherham
(Corrects to add tax on departing passengers in third paragraph, recasts story to focus on industry reaction) By Fiona Rotherham Oct. 14 (BusinessDesk) - A tourism coalition opposed to a new border clearance levy on international visitors says the government has downplayed the negative impacts of the tax. The government today confirmed the rate of the border clearance levy for all visitors arriving in and departing from New Zealand despite tourism industry calls for it to be scrapped altogether. The levy, which comes into effect in...