Australian Travel Industry Launching Protests Against ‘Spider Web’ of COVID-19 Restrictions

Australian Travel Industry Launching Protests Against ‘Spider Web’ of COVID-19 Restrictions
The Norwegian Jewel cruise ship shown during a lockdown on Feb. 14, 2020, in Sydney Australia. A passenger was tested for the CCP virus but tested negative. Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images
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Australian travel agents are planning a series of protests next month over continuing restrictions imposed on the tourism industry, which has been devastated over the course of the pandemic.

Belle Goldie, owner of iTravel Penrith in the west of Sydney, told 2GB radio on Dec. 24 that since the announcement of the rallies, she has received an “outpouring of support from the industry,” with some agents calling her “in tears.”
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