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Voting is drawing to a close in a postal referendum on a proposed visitors' levy for Queenstown. The 5 per cent levy aims to raise $22.5m a year for tourist-related infrastructure but has been the subject of a sustained campaign by 130 accommodation providers who say it's unfair to apply a tax to one subsector of the tourism economy and some businesses will be left unviable. Queenstown Mayor Jim Boult joins Kathryn to respond to those claims.
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