Australia reopens its borders to vaccinated travellers from February 21, ending two years of misery for the tourism sector
Australia imposed some of the world’s toughest travel restrictions on its citizens and permanent residents in March 2020. The move will end two years of misery for the tourism sector, reviving migration and injecting billions of dollars into the world No. 13 economy.
The move effectively calls time on the last main component of Australia's response to the Covid-19 pandemic, which it has attributed to relatively low death and infection rates. The country had taken steps in recent months to relax border controls, like allowing in skilled migrants and quarantine-free travel arrangements - "travel bubbles" - with select countries like New Zealand.
"Now we can turn our collective efforts towards rebuilding an industry that is in disrepair," he added. International and domestic tourism losses since the start of the pandemic totalled $72 billion, according to government body Tourism Research Australia.
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