Australia has unveiled an assistance package worth 1.2 billion Australian dollars ($929.5 million) to back the tourism industry amid the coronavirus pandemic, the government said on Thursday.
"Australia's airlines, hotels and caravan parks, restaurants and bars, travel agents and tourism operators are set for a rush of hundreds of thousands of tourists as part of a new $1.2 billion support package from the [Prime Minister Scott] Morrison Government," the government said in a statement.
Since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, Australia has confirmed more than 29,000 cases, including 909 fatalities.
Source: MAP
