Australia closed its borders to tourists in March 2020 in a bid to reduce the local spread of COVID-19, but on Monday removed its final travel restrictions for fully vaccinated passengers.
Tourism Australia managing director Phillipa Harrison said she expected tourist numbers would take two years to rebound to pre-pandemic levels.
Qantas on Monday was bringing in passengers from eight overseas destinations including Vancouver, Singapore, London, and Delhi. “It has been tough two years for everybody in the tourism industry, but today is really one of the big steps on the way back to a full recovery so we are very excited about today,” Joyce said.
Australia on Monday reported 17,736 new COVID-19 infections in the latest 24-hour period and 34 deaths. Australia’s death toll since the pandemic began is 4,929.
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