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05-07-2009, 11:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Nyororin View Post
I don`t know if it is a visa issue - I don`t think there were any big changes in the visa policy...
More like extra paperwork for a group entry - which is going to cut down travel significantly.

My husband`s company went to Cairns 6 years ago. They had been doing a 5 year cycle for Australia. I believe 11 years ago they went somewhere else (I want to say Darwin, but I am not 100% sure). Last year they were planning for Melbourne, but the trip was scrapped due to too much time required for paperwork - 8 months wasn`t enough, it seems.

When we were in Cairns, we rented a car and escaped the tourist trap and ended up driving down the coast. Not a big fan of tourist spots, and with me along there wasn`t too much worry about getting lost and having no way to communicate.
It's got me stumped

I finished working for Customs a few months agao at Cairns airport.

I've been in the hospitality industry prviously for eleven years.

No changes as far as I know

We still have all the larger and succesful Japanese tour compnaies here and they would usually look after the paperwork for Japanese tour groups.

We were getting a lot more Chinese, although it has slowed a little due to their economy.

Can't work out for the life of me what this paperwork is..


Cheers - Oz
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