Exclusive: Australians will have to wait until the end of this year or beyond to restart overseas travel | CroweDM
The minister said he had held "heartbreaking" conversations with people in the tourism business but believed the border controls would remain necessary while COVID-19 was devastating some countries.
Ms Osmond said the recovery in the tourism industry would be built on the back of big companies, such as the airlines, and major employers would need more federal support over time. "I don't think that even when it's possible for people to travel internationally that it's going to happen instantly across the whole marketplace.
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