Budget Airlines: The Destruction of Australia's

Domestic Tourism Industry or Convenient Way to Travel Internationally?

With such a beautiful and exotic national landscape, one can immediately garner why Australia is a travel destination for many tourists. However, it is easy to overlook the fact that many of these tourists, whose travel is crucial to the Australian economy, are in fact native Australians looking to explore their vast and varied national landscape. One would believe that Australian-based flights would be on the rise within the country, but in truth, Budget airlines such as Air Asia and Tiger Airways are believed by some to be heralding the death of the domestic tourism industry in Australia, as their cheap flights draw would-be domestic travelers into the international travel sphere.

With carriers offering such cheap packages to Asia, it appears impossible for local destinations to compete. As such, the question has been raised amongst...
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