Virgin Australia adds three new Gold Coast services

Virgin Australia adds three new Gold Coast services

Virgin Australia has launched three new flights between Cairns, Launceston and Hobart, and the Gold Coast as travel confidence improves. To be operational by the beginning of December, Virgin Australia’s three new routes between Gold Coast, Hobart, and Launceston will carry over 19,000 additional passengers each month, boosting the local economy and the tourism industry…

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Australia Won't Welcome International Tourists Until 2022

Australia Won’t Welcome International Tourists Until 2022

Australia won’t welcome international tourists into the country in 2021 despite plans to reopen the border before the end of the year.  The Australian Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, declared that the government will prioritize foreign workers and students before tourists. “We will get to international visitors as well, I believe next year,” Morrison stated. Many tourists had…

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Australia On Track To Reopen By Christmas At Latest

Australia On Track To Reopen For Tourism By Christmas At Latest

Australia has some of the world’s strictest travel restrictions, banning all foreign tourists and not allowing citizens to leave for non-essential reasons since the pandemic began. But after almost two years of closed borders, Australia says they will reopen by Christmas at the latest. This post will look at the latest statement from Australia’s tourism…

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Australia And New Zealand Travel Bubble Suspended Again

Australia And New Zealand Travel Bubble Suspended Again

The travel bubble that allowed for restriction-free travel between Australia and New Zealand has been suspended once more, following a rise in cases of Covid-19 in both of the countries involved. Despite there being some periods of restriction-free travel between the two neighbouring countries courtesy of the travel bubble, it has also been blighted by…

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Australia To Trial Vaccine Passport Sparking Hopes Of International Travel

Australia To Trial Vaccine Passport Sparking Hopes Of International Travel

Australia has announced that it will be trialing vaccine passports in the near future, sparking hopes that international travel may yet be possible before the end of the year. Australians have largely been unable to leave the country – other than to visit the neighboring island of New Zealand as part of their travel bubble…

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