After Australia imposed additional COVID-19 testing requirements on travellers from China, Beijing has left Australia off a list of 20 countries Chinese travellers on guided group tours can visit.
abc.net.au/news/china-restarts-overseas-group-tours-to-20-countries-but-not-aust/101883596China is resuming group tours to 20 countries from February 6, but Australia is not on the destination list.
"There haven't been any ADS Tours for the past three years, and it's not likely to return any time soon," she said. Ms Zhang said the COVID testing measures Australia was imposing on visitors from China were "grossly discriminatory practices"."Chinese tourists understand which country is more friendly.The ABC has contacted China's embassy in Canberra to find out when ADS tours will resume in Australia but did not receive a response.
"We need to be able to ensure that our tourism operators, which are mostly small businesses, have got the finance, they've got the skills, they've got the digital enablement to be able to update their products to welcome visitors," she said.
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