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From midnight tonight, Kiwis can travel to Australia without the need to quarantine, country’s Chief Medical Officer advises.

Cruise giant offers no timetable for getting local cruising underway again, but says only vaccinated passengers and crew will be permitted.

Pre-Covid, almost half a million Japanese visited Australia. Tourism authorities want to ensure they come back when borders open.

#BoycottVirginAustralia trends on Twitter after Hrdlicka advocates the re-opening of borders even if “some people may die.”

Business body welcomes decision to allow international students to work more hours and a new visa subclass enabling other workers to stay longer.

Global airline body says things are improving, but there are still massive losses ahead for the struggling sector.

Pandemic caused a loss of around $85-billion in visitor spend, says report by consultancy. ‘Testing and uncertain’ times still lie ahead.

Pending Trans-Tasman travel bubble gets Aussie tourism marketers scrambling to take advantage of pent-up demand for international holidays.

New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern confirms the quarantine-free travel bubble between Australia and New Zealand opens on 19 April.

The latest round of the Regional Travel Voucher Scheme saw 50,000 vouchers taken in under four minutes by travel-hungry Victorians.

Funding from Territory and Federal governments set to help tourism operators facing their ‘darkest days’ due to pandemic.

Consumer Commission has been investigation website’s owner after it withheld payments to travel agents during pandemic.

With an Australia-NZ two-way bubble seemingly no closer, talk has now turned to the possibility of an Australia-Singapore travel bubble by July.

UK residents still can’t leave their island to go on holiday. But tourism-dependent countries are lining up to tell them they’ll be welcome.

New $6-million advertising campaign shines a spotlight on the variety of activities and attractions on offer in our major cities.

Clever new initiatives are required to get tourism-dominated economies flourishing again. For some, diversification may be the only option.

Our nation of inveterate foreign travellers took a massive 8.5-million fewer trips overseas during 2020, the Bureau of Statistics says.

Opposition says nannies working for movie stars have been allowed to enter NZ, but not cruise ship hospitality staff with specialised training.

Tourism Australia is spending $5-million on a marketing push to encourage people to holiday locally while international restrictions remain.

Beleaguered travel agents are receiving one-off Federal grant payments in an effort to keep the Covid-hit industry afloat in Australia.

Opposition asks why money is being spent on marketing in the UK and Germany at a time when foreign tourists cannot travel.

Proposed September reopening of the island to foreign visitors has now been postponed to sometime in 2021.