Australia and New Zealand to open borders
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Australia and New Zealand to open borders

It may be some time before tourists are traveling the globe again. But what if you could travel through designated, approved parts of it? Politicians from Australia and New Zealand are discussing the possibility of opening up borders to each other, creating a travel corridor or "travel bubble" between the two nations. Both countries almost completely shut their borders to foreigners in March, a huge blow to their tourism industries

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