Barry Soper: ZB senior political correspondent on the Government lifting the International Visitor Conservation and Tourism Levy

The Government's pushing ahead with plans to triple the tourism tax in a bid to make overseas visitors pay for regional infrastructure upkeep. The International Visitor Conservation and Tourism Levy will go from the current $35 to $100 per visit from next month. ZB senior political correspondent Barry Soper theorises why the Government has implemented these changes. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.