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Chinese travellers voice frustration over Australian tourist visa refusals

Chinese holiday-makers say they want to come to Australia, but some travellers are having their tourist visa applications rejected.

ABC News · May 5, 2023

Gold Coast hosts Chinese travel agency bosses at Australian Tourism Exchange

Tourism Australia concedes the industry will not recover until Chinese visitors come back. The Australian Tourism Exchange conference on the Gold Coast is where that may be turned around.

ABC News · May 2, 2023

Australia down 40% on pre-Covid tourists one year on from reopening

British and Indian travellers are returning in bigger numbers – but decline from China is 94%

The Independent UK · Feb 22, 2023