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• APT Tailor brochure

  21-09-2018 05:41
  APT has released a new Tailor Made Journeys Travel Agent Guide, to help consultants make the most of the company’s custom travel planning service.Vietnam and Cambodia have also been confirmed as new destinations to be included in the program, with the APT team ready to work with agents to custom-build an itinerary for individual client preferences.The program also features South America and Africa, with the guide available on request by calling 1300 196 420.
  
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• Anger and disgust as human poo piles up in and around iconic SA swimming hole

  16-04-2024 04:53 via abc.net.au
  
  Little Blue Lake attracts thousands of tourists and cave divers from across the globe, but has no toilet facilities. Appalled residents say it's high time something was done to prevent people from relieving themselves in the water and car park at the site.
  
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• 100 years since the last mail coach run, Cobb & Co rides again

  14-04-2024 04:11 via abc.net.au
  
  Mail travels today by air and truck, but in the 19th century the post came by stagecoach with a five-horse team over rough country, beaten tracks, and bushrangers. This week that was commemorated with an historic Cobb & Co mail run. 
  
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• Hometown or tourist town? Holiday hotspot makes its feelings known with blunt message for visitors

  13-04-2024 00:28 via abc.net.au
  
  A divisive sign, reading "hometown not tourist town", was erected at Easter then pulled down again by those opposing it, but not before it brought national attention to a community debate.
  
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• 'A liberating feeling': Why women are taking the solo travel leap and how to prepare for the trip

  12-04-2024 21:06 via abc.net.au
  
  For women setting out to explore the world by themselves, adventure is calling, along with a growing sense of self discovery. Here's a taste of solo travel from the eyes of three Aussies.
  
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• WA travellers stranded overnight on bus receive apology and refund

  12-04-2024 03:08 via abc.net.au
  
  The operator has labelled the breakdown, which left the drivers and passengers with little option but to sleep in the bus on the side of a West Australian highway, as "unfortunate".
  
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• Passenger wants apology from bus company after overnight outback breakdown

  12-04-2024 03:08 via abc.net.au
  
  The operator has labelled the breakdown, which left the drivers and passengers with little option but to sleep in the bus on the side of a West Australian highway, as "unfortunate".
  
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• Popular attraction allowing tourists to interact with dolphins rescued by funding lifeline

  11-04-2024 23:52 via abc.net.au
  
  Bunbury's Dolphin Discovery Centre gets a $1.5 million funding boost from the taxpayer after entering voluntary administration in February.
  
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• Popular attraction allowing tourists to feed wild dolphins rescued by funding lifeline

  11-04-2024 23:52 via abc.net.au
  
  Bunbury's Dolphin Discovery Centre gets a $1.5 million funding boost from the taxpayer after entering voluntary administration in February.
  
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• Free spots for caravans and campers proving lucrative but divisive in country WA

  11-04-2024 04:01 via abc.net.au
  
  Free camping sites for travellers provide a proven economic boost to regional towns. But is it enough to justify the mess left behind?
  
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• Artist and army brigadier bring talent and community spirit to tiny town in SA

  10-04-2024 03:33 via abc.net.au
  
  Selena and David Smith always wanted to move back to South Australia, despite enjoying their time in the Victorian town of Daylesford and, after landing a 122-year-old villa in the state's south-east, they've wasted no time embedding themselves in the community.
  
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• Could this rundown alpine village built in the 1940s solve a tourism housing crisis?

  09-04-2024 21:53 via abc.net.au
  
  A $6 million renovation of a neglected workers' village in the Victorian Alps will provide much-needed housing for mountain-based staff during this year's ski season.
  
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• Plan to keep winter tourists visiting Tasmania despite no Dark Mofo

  09-04-2024 04:59 via abc.net.au
  
  Tasmania is entering the winter period without one of its biggest tourist drawcards, Dark Mofo.
  
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• Half a million people visit Tasmania in winter, will they still come without Dark Mofo?

  08-04-2024 21:27 via abc.net.au
  
  Dark Mofo has been credited with turning Tasmania's traditionally quiet winter into a must-visit season. But the festival is having a year off this year, and other festivals are ending, so what will that mean for tourism?
  
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• Dark Mofo may have been a 'game changer' for winter tourism, but what happens without it?

  08-04-2024 21:27 via abc.net.au
  
  Dark Mofo has been credited with turning Tasmania's traditionally quiet winter into a must-visit season. But the festival is having a year off this year, and other festivals are ending, so what will that mean for tourism?
  
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• Tasmania tries to woo winter visitors after Dark Mofo cancellation

  08-04-2024 11:28 via abc.net.au
  
  Tasmania has traditionally struggled to attract tourists during the colder months.
  
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• Campaign tries to woo winter visitors after major events axed

  08-04-2024 11:28 via abc.net.au
  
  It's traditionally been harder to attract tourists to Tasmania during the colder months and the impending demise of some of the state's biggest winter drawcards is set to increase that challenge.
  
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• Campaign aims to draw more visitors after major events axed

  08-04-2024 11:28 via abc.net.au
  
  It's traditionally been harder to attract tourists to Tasmania during the colder months and the impending demise of some of the state's biggest winter drawcards is set to increase that challenge.
  
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• Flight makes emergency landing as passengers film parts of the wing falling off

  07-04-2024 21:46 via abc.net.au
  
  A Southwest flight has been forced to make an emergency landing after the cowling, an engine covering, was filmed flying off.
  
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• Plucking and implanting thousands of hair follicles, one by one, these surgeons are 'selling confidence'

  06-04-2024 20:46 via abc.net.au
  
  Young men with heads swaddled in gauze wander through the streets, taking in the sights and sounds of Istanbul. But these aren't regular tourists — they have all come with the same singular mission: to find an antidote to their baldness.
  
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• How Türkiye turned itself into the hair transplant capital of the world — and built a $3b industry

  06-04-2024 20:46 via abc.net.au
  
  Young men with heads swaddled in gauze wander through the streets, taking in the sights and sounds of Istanbul. But these aren't regular tourists — they have all come with the same singular mission: to find an antidote to their baldness.
  
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• Lynn was refused access to a motel with a seeing eye dog, and found the law impossible to enforce

  06-04-2024 03:11 via abc.net.au
  
  It's illegal to refuse access to a person with a guide dog, but advocates say the law is "toothless" when it comes to enforcement.
  
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• In 20 pictures: Stories you may have missed from the Asia Pacific this week

  05-04-2024 21:03 via abc.net.au
  
  Rockets in North Korea, cherry blossoms in Japan and heat waves in the Philippines — the Asia Pacific this week in photos.
  
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• Beyond doom and gloom: The Asia Pacific this week in 20 pictures

  05-04-2024 21:03 via abc.net.au
  
  Rockets in North Korea, cherry blossoms in Japan and heat waves in the Philippines — the Asia Pacific this week in photos.
  
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• Australians are confused about Bali's new tourist levy

  04-04-2024 04:55 via abc.net.au
  
  The Indonesian government has introduced a visitor levy to help the Bali cope with millions of visitors each year. At this stage, payment for the tax has not been enforced by staff when visitors arrive at the airport.
  
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• Dingo ran in 'at speed' to bite girl at K'gari as rangers say animal may be collared

  04-04-2024 01:40 via abc.net.au
  
  The nine-year-old girl was bitten while wading in shallow water at Yidney beachfront, on the eastern side of the island. Rangers say the male dingo involved is one they have been "watching for a while". 
  
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• Fed up with badly behaved tourists and obnoxious influencers, Bali has a new tax and a new list of rules

  03-04-2024 22:03 via abc.net.au
  
  Australians in Bali for holidays have been left confused by a new $15 tourism tax and efforts by police to enforce payment.
  
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• Country town builds $1.7m mountain bike park to soften bypass blow and keep community alive

  02-04-2024 02:22 via abc.net.au
  
  With a newly built bypass set to divert traffic around the town of Bindoon in Western Australia, community leaders are thinking outside the box to keep tourist dollars flowing.
  
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• With 4WD sales increasing, what is the environmental impact of beach driving?

  30-03-2024 21:22 via abc.net.au
  
  For many generations, driving along the beach has been a cherished way of life. But with 4WD sales increasing, more Australians are reportedly driving on beaches and there's concern that's further impacting on the natural dynamics of our coastlines.
  
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• The impact of beach driving on vulnerable parts of our coasts

  30-03-2024 21:22 via abc.net.au
  
  There are more 4WDs on beaches than ever before. What is the impact on our coasts?
  
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