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New Zealand reveals cost of new tourist ETA
UK visitors to New Zealand will soon need to pay for a visa waiver.
The New Zealand government has announced its new tourism entry approval process, known as the Electronic Travel Authority, will come into effect from October 1.
Travellers from over 60 visa waiver countries, including the UK, will need an ETA and tourists can apply for one from July 1.
An ETA will cost NZ $9 (£4.50) via an app, or NZ $12 (£6) through an online application and will last up to two years.
Passengers transiting through New Zealand will also need an ETA.
The ETA is in addition to New Zealand’s International Visitor Conservation and Tourism Levy (IVL), which costs NZ $35 (£18).
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Lisa joined Travel Weekly nearly 25 years ago as technology reporter and then sailed around the world for a couple of years as cruise correspondent, before becoming deputy editor. Now freelance, Lisa writes for various print and web publications, edits Corporate Traveller’s client magazine, Gateway, and works on the acclaimed Remembering Wildlife series of photography books, which raise awareness of nature’s most at-risk species and helps to fund their protection.
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