Vacationers and nationwide park guests would pay new taxes in Queensland below a proposal being thought of by the state authorities.
The 2 taxes have been proposed in a 10-year tourism plan launched by Queensland’s knowledgeable Tourism Trade Reference Panel.
Nice Sandy Nationwide Park.Credit score:Tony Moore
It says the tax on vacationers could be imposed by native governments, with the earnings used to spend money on tourism growth and advertising and marketing.
The second tax on guests to nationwide parks and guarded areas could be used to fund park working prices and reinvestment in these pure sights.
“The thought of a customer levy will not be new. It has been modelled, canvassed and debated for the very best a part of a decade,” the panel’s report says.
“Whereas we recognize that views are polarised as as to if it’s an applicable approach to increase funding, everybody we spoke with noticed a higher want than ever for elevated funding through the COVID‑19 restoration interval.”
Queensland Tourism, Innovation and Sport Minister Stirling Hinchliffe.Credit score:Matt Dennien
The report says the Canadian province of British Columbia has allowed vacationer areas, such because the winter snowboarding and summer season climbing resort of Whistler, to impose the same customer tax for 30 years.
This offered sustainable funding wanted to “promote, enhance and improve the in any other case small hilltop village”.