New Zealand will introduce a Visitor Accommodation Levy on accommodation providers, retreat lodgings and holiday flats across the Pacific nation.
The levy is designed to support infrastructure for regional attractions. Officials insist it will avoid raising existing council charges.
Calls from the accommodation lobby for a fair nationwide charge have grown louder in recent seasons.
Early noise from innkeepers suggests varied approaches. A few may absorb the fee; others plan to pass it directly to holidaymakers.
The government has signalled a nationwide application without complex rules to operators.