New Zealand to slug tourists $100 per visit

Australians don't have to pay an international visitor levy to visit New Zealand. (A.J Hackett/AAP PHOTOS)

Tourists to New Zealand will be slugged a $NZ100 fee to visit, in a move industry groups say cements the nation "as one of the most expensive countries in the world for a holiday".

The international visitor levy (IVL) will be hiked from $NZ35 ($A32) to $NZ100 ($A92) from October under changes announced on Tuesday.