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Sacred Aboriginal sites are yet again at risk in the Pilbara. But tourism can help protect Australia’s rich cultural heritage

Image: Traditional Owner and co-author Clinton Walker. City of Karratha An application from Traditional Owners to block the construction of a fertiliser plant near ancient rock...

Arts Centre Melbourne unveils ALWAYS LIVE program

Arts Centre Melbourne is proud to be a partner in theinaugural state-wide celebration of contemporary live music, ALWAYS LIVE, cementing Melbourne and Victoria as the live music capital...

By naming ‘Pennhurst’, Stranger Things uses disability trauma for entertainment. Dark tourism and asylum tours do too

Image: Netflix The Netflix sci-fi horror series Stranger Things is vividly soaked in 1980s nostalgia, famously catapulting Kate Bush’s 1985 song Running up that Hill to the top of...

Sunday essay: why there’s still something about Byron, beyond Insta influencers and beige linen

  Picture: Unsplash/Delphine Ducaruge When town planners mapped Byron Bay in 1884 they mistakenly believed Captain James Cook had named Cape Byron after the English poet Lord...

As Australia’s COVID vaccine rollout splutters, we need transparency about when international borders might reopen

 Picture: Erik Anderson/AAP The Australian government’s offer of half-price airfares to encourage domestic tourism highlights another item of unfinished COVID policy business: when will Australia’s international borders...

Why do we love koalas so much? Because they look like human babies

 Picture: Shuttlestock The koala is a much-loved species and lucrative tourism drawcard. Yet, for all its popularity, koalas are forecast to be extinct in NSW within 30...

Why Tasmania Should Be On Your Travel List

Tasmania has become one of the most sought-after Australian destinations in recent years. Being the smallest state, it used to be overlooked until people...

Would you do this at home? Why we are more likely to do stupid things on holidays

 Picture: Shuttlestock As the COVID pandemic took hold in March, Ohio’s Brady Sluder went to Miami for spring break, despite urgent calls for people to stay home...

Sunday essay: projecting light onto a dark history – how mid-century cinema resurrected Port Arthur’s convict past

Picture: State Library Victoria Tourism was an early money-spinner in Tasmania, with Port Arthur featuring on travel circuits by the late 1800s. In the years following...

The Carbon Footprint of Tourism Revealed (it’s bigger than we thought)

Travel is getting cheaper, but more carbon-intensive.  Renato Podestá Castilho/Flickr The carbon footprint of tourism is about four times larger than previously thought, according to...
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