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Articles tagged “australia”

Airlines

All Australian international airports will have body scanners starting in November

Travelers down under are worried about health effects and airports worry about installing a false sense of security, so are Aussies the picky ones or are Americans too willing to use scanners as a quick fix?

Skift | 12 years ago

Tourism

Australia is still pulling in gap year travelers thanks to generous working holiday visas

Despite a very strong dollar, Australia's attractions -- both nice weather and a generous work visa program -- are a big enough lure for students to make the long trek.

The Daily Telegraph | 12 years ago

Tourism

Australia creates first human brochure to attract visitors to its little known capital city

Australia's tourism board is offering 500 people with active social media accounts a free trip to Canberra in exchange for live status updates on their activities -- if only guidebook writers could get this treatment.

Skift | 12 years ago

Uncategorized

Australian researchers focus on smartphones in the race to create first driverless car

Aussies are testing a car that sends signals to your phone to maneuver the roads, but beyond easing drivers' responsibility, they hope the cars will change driving culture and increase the number of shared cars.

Skift | 12 years ago

Tourism

Australia worries over dropping number of backpackers as it competes with a cheaper Asia

Backpackers, assumed to be budget travelers, have historically contributed generously to Australia’s tourism industry. But its strong dollar and hotels packed with mining and other industrial workers are giving the roughing-it set reason to go elsewhere.

Skift | 12 years ago

Hotels

Aussie hotels being snapped up by Asian buyers from Hong Kong and Malaysia

Hotel occupancy rates in Australia are highest it has been in decades, driven by a mining-related business travel boom. The potential returns are driving these purchases.

Skift | 12 years ago

Tourism

Will Usain Bolt make Australia the next “I’m going to Disneyland?”

"I'm going to Disneyland" alongside a Wheaties box was about good as it could get for an elite athlete. Now Bolt throws a new destination into the athletic victors' mix.

Skift | 12 years ago

Online Travel

Aussies can finally use Map Maker to add details to their Google Maps

Joining 200 countries where Map Maker has already launched, Australia can now add its local flavor -- from resorts to hiking trails -- to a list of contributions to be approved by Google.

Skift | 12 years ago

Tourism

How visitors can tour and play in past Olympic stadiums

Proud cities keep their Olympic stadiums in top shape decades after the games end allowing visitors to swim, skate, or run the same grounds as gold medalists and offering tours with historic insights surrounding the events.

Anick Jesdanun, Associated Press | 12 years ago

Tourism

Western Australia says no thank you to shark cage tourism

The ban comes after studies show the activity creates abnormal patterns among sharks and can lead to increased attacks on humans.

Skift | 12 years ago