Australian Tourist Numbers Back to Pre-Pandemic Levels

Australian Tourist Numbers Back to Pre-Pandemic Levels
Passengers at Sydney Airport face a long wait to clear security in Sydney, Australia, on July 31, 2017. Brook Mitchell/Getty Images
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Australians have swapped the COVID-19 virus for the travel bug as jet-setting returns to pre-pandemic levels.

The number of Australians who have returned from trips between 2023 and 2024 was 32 percent higher than the year before, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).