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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Elias Visontay Transport and urban affairs reporter

Chinese tourists to resume group travel to Australia in latest thawing of relations between countries

Chinese tourists in Sydney. Travel from China to Australia has significantly increased throughout 2023.
Chinese tourists in Sydney. Travel from China to Australia has significantly increased throughout 2023. Photograph: David Gray/Reuters

Airlines are preparing to cater for an increase in Chinese tourists to Australia after China’s government announced group tours to the country could resume, as the relationship between Beijing and Canberra continues to thaw.

China’s culture and tourism ministry named Australia, as well as countries including Japan, South Korea, Britain and the US, in an updated list of destinations that Chinese tourism agencies can run group tours to for the first time since outbound travel was halted due to the pandemic.

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