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Australia announces new tourism support packages

The Government of Australia has announced a new $1.2 billion support package for the tourism and aviation industries. The package includes: Tourism Aviation Network Support (TANS) program, which halves the cost of up to 800,000 airfares (or around 45,000 seats a week) to drive recovery in regions reliant on international tourism. Extending the $50.0 million Business Events Grants program by three months to support the events sector. Extending the $94.6 million Zoos and Aquarium program by six months, so that zoos, aquariums and wildlife parks maintain their animal populations. A further support package for travel agents, so they can continue to process refunds and hold credits for ... Read more