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Hobart International Airport was filled with reunited families and friends as it welcomed its first international flight in more than 20 years.
Air New Zealand flight NZ197 direct from Auckland arrived in Hobart just before 11am on Thursday - the first international flight to arrive in the city since 1998.
New Zealand s national carrier has revived the route with help from the federal and state governments, scheduling return flights twice a week, on Thursdays and Sundays. It s fixed a misnomer that s been (in our name) for 23 years, CEO of Hobart International Airport Norris Carter said.
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For hard-hit tourism operators, hopes are high the new route can help restore their COVID-battered industry.
Nearly half of Tasmania s development proposals for wilderness areas have not been disclosed to the public
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Unidentified female backpacker looks out to sea from Three Capes Track, southern Tasmania, image from government website.
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Recreational fishers and environmentalists have accused the major political parties of turning Tasmania into a development wonderland as more details of secret tourism proposals are revealed.
Key points:
The details of just 30 of almost 60 tourism proposals have been made public
Concerned groups are calling for an overhaul on existing lease and licensing agreements in wilderness areas
Privatising the wilderness: the Tasmanian project that could become a national park test case Adam Morton Environment editor
Halls Island, on Lake Malbena in the Walls of Jerusalem national park, is not easy to reach. It takes a strenuous eight-hour walk or a helicopter ride to get there.
Its remoteness meant it was relatively little known until it became the site of the type of conservation battle that Tasmania has become famous for in a storied history that takes in fights over hydroelectricity dams, old-growth forestry and salmon farming.
In 2015, an ecotourism business, Wild Drake, proposed a small tourism development on the island. Described as a luxury standing camp, it would involve four demountable huts housing up to six visitors at a time and helicopter flights into the Tasmanian world heritage wilderness up to 60 days a year.