Famed restaurateur Jimmy Shu will close his Darwin operation over Christmas for the first time, as travellers reconsider their plans to visit the Northern Territory amid restrictive border changes that come into effect next week.
Tourists 'reconsidering travel' to NT
"People are reconsidering their travel to the territory on the basis that they can't get out and see the jewels of the crown which are in the remote areas," he said. "It certainly came as a shock to business. We weren't expecting them, we hadn't been consulted on them and very loud and quick reactions from the business community, as well as many others, say that this is just creating too much concern," he said.
"The whole idea of a holiday in the Northern Territory is to go and see parts of the Northern Territory," Mr Jones said.Mr Jones said he would like to see border restrictions eased for all vaccinated arrivals.
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