{"id":83294,"date":"2019-03-08T01:35:07","date_gmt":"2019-03-08T00:35:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/2019\/03\/08\/queenstown-considers-tourist-levy-after-claim-crowds-threaten-wellbeing\/"},"modified":"2019-03-08T01:35:07","modified_gmt":"2019-03-08T00:35:07","slug":"queenstown-considers-tourist-levy-after-claim-crowds-threaten-wellbeing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/?p=83294","title":{"rendered":"Queenstown considers tourist levy after claim crowds &#039;threaten wellbeing&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New Zealand\u2019s \u2018adventure capital\u2019 proposes NZ$7.50 charge to fund infrastructure to help cope with large numbers of holidaymakersFed-up residents of New Zealand\u2019s biggest tourist town are pushing ahead with a plan to charge international tourists for the privilege of visiting the area.Queenstown, situated in the picturesque Southern Alps region of New Zealand\u2019s South Island, is buckling under its own popularity, with 34 international tourists for every resident. Continue reading&#8230;<br \/>\nVia: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2019\/mar\/08\/queenstown-considers-tourist-levy-after-claim-crowds-threaten-wellbeing\" target=\"_blank\">Queenstown considers tourist levy after claim crowds &#039;threaten wellbeing&#039;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Zealand\u2019s \u2018adventure capital\u2019 proposes NZ$7.50 charge to fund infrastructure to help cope with large numbers of holidaymakersFed-up residents of New Zealand\u2019s biggest tourist town are pushing ahead with a plan to charge international tourists for the privilege of visiting the area.Queenstown, situated in the picturesque Southern Alps region of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-83294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83294","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=83294"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83294\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=83294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=83294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=83294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}