SYDNEY, June 1 (Reuters) – Australia’s foreign minister Penny Wong will travel to the Pacific island kingdom of Tonga on Friday, days after her Chinese counterpart visited and discussed Tonga’s heavy debts to Beijing, Tonga’s government said. Wong will also visit Samoa for its 60th anniversary of independence celebrations, in […]
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Analysis: Australia’s International Travel Development
Hans Mitterlechner is a director at aviation consultancy ASM Australasia, a partnership between ASM Global and Three Consulting. Australia and Tourism Australia isn’t an easy international travel destination—far away from most source countries, relatively expensive and burdened with not necessarily easy visa procedures. Yet, Australia remains a bucket list […]
Strategic divergence: Australia’s Southeast Asia challenge
Australia’s relationships with countries in Southeast Asia are not bad. The prime minister or foreign minister could happily turn up in any regional country and receive a warm welcome. Last year, Australia signed a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) – one of just two […]
How To Enjoy Australia’s Great Ocean Road Using Only Local Transport
One of the world’s most iconic drives, the Great Ocean Road (or GOR) coils the Australian coastline west of Melbourne. Serpentine loops and perilous drops make for a roller-coaster drive. With single lanes in each direction, signs warn: “Drive On The Left In Australia.” Instead of renting a car, why […]
‘It makes no sense’, says Global Work and Travel CEO on Australia’s international border closure to tourists
Jürgen Himmelmann The Australian tourism, travel and hospitality sector has been the hardest hit where it’s been estimated 310,000 jobs have been lost since March 2020 as a consequence of closed borders, while farming and agriculture has also been severely affected. One of the world’s leading and largest e-commerce youth […]
Australia’s mainstream media neglected Asia’s Covid stories
Covid-19 has been particularly disastrous for the United States, the United Kingdom and Southeast Asian nations such as Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines. These countries have experienced extraordinarily high case numbers and deaths, hospitals full and turning away patients, government lockdowns, and morgues and cemeteries needing more space for the […]
Covid-19 outbreak and bungles dampen Australia’s holiday mood, take toll on PM
SYDNEY – The current Australian summer – during which the country was supposed to enjoy a carefree holiday season, filled with travel, festivities and sport – has not quite turned out as planned. Instead, the new year period has been marked by a series of national setbacks, including failures in the […]