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Australia’s tourism industry is finally seeing light at the end of a very long tunnel with the announcement that Singaporean tourists will be free to visit Australia from 21 November and the expansion of and the expansion of TGA recognised vaccines Covaxin (India) and Sinopharm (China).“Our industry has been waiting for this announcement for 20 long months and there will be a great deal of relief felt today as export tourism businesses start to see the signs of returning international visitors,” ATEC Managing Director Peter Shelley said today.
“Thousands of Australian tourism businesses have been waiting patiently for our borders to open to welcome back international guests and this announcement will provide some energy for those businesses.
“Despite much talk of ‘pivoting to domestic travel’ the reality is both our domestic and internationally focused tourism businesses have suffered heavily with both state and international border closures.
“This, quarantine free travel lane with Singapore is the first step in getting our export tourism businesses back to doing what they do best, providing amazing experiences for international visitors.
“In 2019, Australia greeted close to half a million visitors from Singapore, spending well over $1bn and we remain a strongly desirable destination and with proximity and motivation on our side, we hope this market will offer strong opportunities.
“Along with thousands of tourism operators and all the hundreds of thousands of businesses who rely on the international tourism revenue they generate, we welcome this announcement and look forward to the expansion of this travel list in the near future.”