China travel ban fresh blow to Australia's tourism industry
- ruby457
- Jan 29, 2020
- 1 min read
A ban on tourist groups from China is a fresh blow for tourism in Australia, industry bosses say.
The Chinese Government announced it would ban organised group tours- a popular way to travel for Chinese people- from the country from this week, due to the coronavirus outbreak.
A fluorescent pink slug, found only on a single mountaintop in northern New South Wales, has survived the bushfires that burnt through much of its alpine habitat.
Around 60 of the brightly coloured Mount Kaputar slugs, which can grow to a size longer than a human hand, were spotted by National Parks and Wildlife Service rangers after recent rainfall in Mount Kaputar national park.
About 1.4m Chinese people visit Australia every year, which is the largest tourism market, and about a quarter of those do so through group travel. It could mean almost 30,000 fewer visitors a month. Tourism Accommodation Australia CEO Michael Johnson said the industry is already struggling after a downturn in tourism following the bushfire crisis. But he said the sector is working with the government to help avert the effects.
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