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Next time you pitch a tent in the backyard for the kids, you might want to leave it up. A man on Melbourne s Mornington Peninsula has put up a tent, called it glamping and is charging more than $200 a night for stays.
And judging by his Airbnb listing, people are not only paying for the privilege, but, according to most of the nearly 70 reviews, they have been enjoying themselves.
However Airbnb host John s listing, Glamping at Mt Martha by the Beach , though active since 2017, has recently copped Twitter outrage over its set up: a basic multi-roomed tent with air beds for four on the ground, mismatched sheets, a wooden table with a couple of plastic wine goblets on it. Then there s the tent s location, right by a driveway in front of an aluminium shed in an overlooked suburban backyard, albeit one with the beach across the road.
Inconsistency is the bug-bear of Australian industry 26/01/2021|8min
Australian Tourism Industry Council Simon Westaway says achieving a consistent approach for both international and domestic borders is a critical aspect of helping Australian industry get back on its feet.
In a bid to stop any possible spread of the coronavirus, Australia and New Zealand have paused travel between the two countries after a woman tested positive to a highly infectious strain of the virus after completing hotel quarantine in Auckland.
Mr Westaway told Sky News the decision to temporarily close the borders was “interesting”, but there had already been “a level of inconsistency around our border arrangements, particularly at the domestic level”.
Australia is suspending its travel bubble with New Zealand over coronavirus concerns.
A woman has tested positive to a highly infectious variant of the disease after completing hotel quarantine in Auckland.
It's believed the 56-year-old caught the virus from another traveller who was also isolating at the Pullman Hotel.
She visited 30 venues after her release - before her diagnosis - stoking fears others in the community may have been exposed.
Travel between the two countries will be paused for 72 hours - to prevent the potential spread of the virus.
Anyone who has travelled to Australia from New Zealand from January 14 must seek testing - and isolate - until a negative result is returned.
Director of the Australian Tourism Industry Council Simon Westaway told Sky News the move has knocked the confidence of Australia's domestic tourism industry.
National travel permit system would avoid border controls
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A national travel permit system would enable a more calibrated and consistent approach to where and how COVID-19 restrictions are applied and would be more effective than border closures, according to epidemiological experts and political leaders.
A national permit system – which would broadly emulate permit systems already used in Western Australia, South Australia, Tasmania and Victoria –would enable authorities to discourage wider movement during outbreaks by quickly imposing tightly focused controls, rather than hard border lockdowns, according to Deakin University chair of epidemiology Catherine Bennett.
A national travel system would give travellers and tourist operators more certainty according to experts.