China is resuming group tours to 20 countries from February 6, but Australia is not on the destination list.
Zhang Cheng, owner of Great Wall Travel Services in Melbourne, believes it is retaliation for Australia imposing additional COVID testing requirements on visitors from China.
Ms Zhang’s agency is one of the operators authorised to run guided group tours under the China Approved Destination Status (ADS) scheme.
“There haven’t been any ADS Tours for the past three years, and it’s not likely to return any time soon,” she said.
Independent Chinese tourists are not part of the scheme and have been allowed to come to Australia since Beijing relaxed international travel restrictions on January 8.
Independent travellers from China have been allowed to come to Australia since January 8. (Reuters: David Munoz)
Health Minister Mark Butler said at the time the requirement that all…
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