Tourism
Opinion
FIFA Women's World Cup
This World Cup’s been a huge success, but for one Olympic-sized fail
The Sydney Olympics set the standard for promoting Australia to the world. This Women’s World Cup is a reminder of how to get it all wrong.
- by Anthony Dennis
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Aviation
Tourism minister doesn’t deny supporting extra flights for Qatar Airlines
The Albanese government has come under pressure to explain its reasons for blocking the airline, which will keep European ticket prices sky-high.
- by Latika Bourke
Australia’s pandemic-inspired love affair with Australia may be over
The passionate love affair Australians have been having with their own country has begun to cool, with domestic tourist operators reporting that the number of smitten travellers is falling.
- by Sue Williams
‘Another positive step’: Chinese tour groups to return to Australia
Beijing has issued a new list of approved travel destinations. The decision follows a three-year hiatus and come despite threats of a long-term boycott.
- by Eryk Bagshaw
Australia, who the bloody hell are we?
Up north, they have a pretty dim view of Australia.
- by Anson Cameron
‘Where is the Opera House?’ City volunteers reveal most common tourist questions
Volunteer Sydney ambassadors, called the red shirts, are often the first locals that visitors to Australia meet. They have to be prepared to answer endless innocent questions.
- by Julie Power
Opinion
Tips & advice
Travellers shouldn’t get the blame for ‘overtourism’. This is who is really at fault
“Overtourism” puts the blame on the tourists, when the real issue has been governments’ poor management of destinations.
- by Lee Tulloch
State Library a palace of knowledge, but watch out for the ‘shusher’
More than two million visitors visit State Library Victoria each year – a complex which now features 22 interconnected buildings.
- by Stephen Crafti
WorldPride was weeks of glittery fun – but what did it do for Sydney?
An estimated 103,800 visitors travelled to Sydney for the world’s biggest LGBTQ festival, with 21,000 coming from overseas – nearly half of them from North America.
- by Michael Koziol
On this trip, trust and baggage went missing. Only my disdain survived
The modern belief that life is all about the journey has been put down by the airlines.
- by Anson Cameron
