Chinese tourism to Australia still in the doldrums after pandemic travel bans

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Tourism industry disappointed but hopeful Chinese holidaymakers could return by year’s end – but economists predict a longer wait

In the two weeks either side of lunar new year, Mandy Ho, who manages a hot air balloon company in Melbourne, has many balls in the air.

Most mornings before dawn, when weather permits, her colleagues fly Chinese tourists from the vineyards of the Yarra Valley over Melbourne’s eastern suburbs to parkland on the city’s fringe. Interpreters make sure nothing is lost in translation.

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