Tourism Industry Hopes Easing Border Restrictions on NSW Ends ‘Border Merry-Go-Round’

Tourism Industry Hopes Easing Border Restrictions on NSW Ends ‘Border Merry-Go-Round’
Vehicle checkpoint on the Pacific Highway on the Queensland-New South Wales border in Brisbane on April 15, 2020. Patrick Hamilton /AFP via Getty Images
Alex Joseph
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Tourism and aviation industry leaders are hoping the announcements that Queensland and South Australia will now open borders to Sydney will bring an end to the instability the tourism industry has experienced over the past year after outbreaks of the CCP virus caused chief ministers and premiers to shut domestic borders.

When the two states lift their travel restrictions on Feb. 1 (NSW) and January 31st (SA) respectively, it will spell the end of all hard border rules in Australia for the first time in five weeks.