Northern Territory Travel Rules Change Again at the Expense of Tourism

Tourists gather to watch sunset colours on Uluru, also known as Ayers rock, after a permanent ban on climbing the monolith at the Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park in Australia's Northern Territory on October 26, 2019. Saeed Khan/AFP via Getty Images

The Northern Territory Government has made adjustments to its travel restrictions that may cause tourism to grind to a halt.

Under the “strengthened roadmap” set to take effect on Dec. 20, vaccinated arrivals to the NT will no longer have to undertake a quarantine period but will be required to remain in a high-vaccination zone for the first 14 days of their visit.