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Fiji’s new 5% tourism services tax will hurt tourism operators and ultimately visitors, the Australian Travel Industry Association (ATIA) says. And it is meeting with Fiji government representatives to discuss the temporary tax. The Fijian government announced that for 12 […]
Cash is making something of a post-pandemic comeback in Europe even as mobile banking surges, says new central banking data. And privacy concerns are driving the revival across the eurozone, a new European Central Bank (ECB) survey shows. It says
Jetstar is to start charging for overhead baggage and is doing away with gate check-ins from early next year. The airline to scrapping its current carry-on weight limit (7kg) as it shifts from a weight to size limit model. Prices
Brisbane Airport is finding a second use for toiletries that have been surrendered by international travellers every day. They give it to non-profit organisation GIVIT who passes them onto charities. The airport says that every day, international travellers pass through
A Pan Am aircraft that crashed at sea 74 years ago and lead to safety evacuation briefs on airliners has been found. The wreckage of flight 526A has now been found 600 metres down on the Atlantic Ocean floor, off
Overseas arrivals will have the paperwork taken out for them with a digital ‘card’ to roll out across the country’s international points of entry. The federal government is to spend $56.1 million over four years on digitalising the passenger declaration
Chinese visitors are spending big in Victoria as Queensland catches up quickly in March tourism arrival figures. Both states relied on Tourism Research Australia data for the figures. The Queensland government says of the 2.4 million overseas visitors to their
The cooler latitudes of New Zealand continues to exert a hold over for Brisbane Airport travellers as families seek overseas holidays close to home. And Jetstar has just launched a new winter service from the airport to Queenstown with Air
Approval of a planned $100 million cable car project for Airlie Beach is to be fast-tracked by the Queensland Government. The government has given the Whitsunday Skyway Project ‘prescribed’ status to streamline the approvals process and is separate to $5m
Aussies are helping keep up visitor arrivals at Auckland Airport which remains hopeful of weathering global fuel shocks caused by the Iran war. The airport says that in the 12 months ending in March, visitors from Australia, United States and
