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Australia unveils 928 mn dollar tourism support package to boost local travel

<span style="color: #222222;">The Australian government today unveiled a 928 million US dollar tourism support package to boost local travel while international routes remain closed because of the Coronavirus pandemic.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The government will subsidise eight lakh tickets on domestic flights to 13 destinations around the country that mostly rely on international tourists, and offer cheap loans to small tourism operators.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Prime Minister Scott Morrison told reporters that the package, combined with vaccine roll-out is the bridge that will help get them back to normal trading. He said our tourism businesses don't want to rely on government support forever, they want their tourists back. </span><br />''  

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