Australian Tourism Industry Council's Simon Westaway has called for an emergency multi-million dollar coranavirus aid package to keep the regions going amid a tourism downturn.
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Australian Tourism Industry Council's Simon Westaway says the tourism sector needs a multi-million dollar "recovery package" amid the coronavirus fallout, similar to what was offered to bushfire victims. Chinese visitors represent a disproportionate number of tourists; of the 9.3 million visitors to Australia in 2019, 1.4 million were from China.
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