Travel into Australia has nearly reached 80 percent of pre-pandemic levels, according to Tourism Minister Don Farrell. International interest for a holiday Down Under has grown over the past year with the number of people searching for flights to Australia increasing 10 percent, compared to 2019. This comes after the one-year anniversary of the “Come and Say G’Day” tourism campaign was launched by the government. “At the time of the Come and Say G’day campaign launch, international visitation to Australia was at 50 percent of pre-pandemic levels, compared to October 2019,” according to a statement by the minister. “Overall, we have reached 79 percent of pre-pandemic arrivals, with some individual markets back at 2019 levels,” Mr. Farrell said....Read more https://www.theepochtimes.com/world/tourism-to-australia-reaches-80-percent-of-pre-pandemic-levels-5507192