EXCLUSIVE: The chief medical officer has raised concerns about xenophobia and racial profiling in Australia as a result of the coronavirus outbreak.
Australian Chamber of Tourism chairman John Hart says the Chinese tourism market, which contributes $711m a week on average to the economy, has effectively “come to a dead stop” after the coronavirus outbreak prompted the government to shut its borders.
Mr Hart said the loss of the Chinese market was a double blow after a horror bushfire season that had impacted on international tourism, as images of the inferno were broadcast across the world.
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