Quarantine Free International Arrivals Needed ‘As Soon as Possible’: Queensland Tourism Industry Body

This photo taken on Nov. 20, 2014, shows an aerial view of the Great Barrier Reef off the Whitsunday Islands coast, along Queensland's central coast. Sarah Lai/AFP via Getty Images

Tourism operators in Queensland are excited that the state will be reopening its interstate border to those who have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 after 18 months of disruption, according to the state’s peak tourism industry body.

“We’re very keen to get this really important industry going again,” Daniel Gschwind, Chief Executive of Queensland Tourism Industry Council (QTIC), told The Epoch Times.