Australia is Open! International Travellers Now Welcome
It’s a decision many of us have looked forward to for 2 years and the time has come for international travellers to australia to return. This article aims to summarise the recent decision of the Australian Government to reopen its border to fully vaccinated visa holders from 21 February 2022. Who is covered under the new decision? Tourists, business travelers, and other visitors. It is expected that the new decision will boost tourist visas and other offshore applications. What prompted the new decision? The Australian Government National Security Cabinet agreed that with improving health conditions including a recent 23 percent decline in hospitalization due to COVID-19, Australia is ready to further progress the staged reopening of its international border . Why the return of tourists to Australia is so important? The short answer is that in 2018-2019, tourism generated more than $60 billion for the Australian economy, with more than 660,000 jobs dependent on the tourism i...