Rouge tourist operators are damaging nation’s tourism image; they bring busloads of Asian tourists to Australia for holidays and empty their wallets. The Australian Tourism Export Council (ATEC) said that a uniform law was needed to stop this practice followed by rouge operators.
Matthew Hingerty, ATEC managing director said:
There are some very dodgy people involved in this, particularly in Sydney. They are not doing it for the broad betterment of the Australian tourism industry or for their customers; they treat people as a commodity.
He further added that the practice emerged years ago in Queensland but a crackdown in that state caused the rogue operators based overseas to shift their focus to NSW. So, the national approach based on the Queensland model will help in solving this problem.
The House of Representatives Economics, Finance and Public Administration Committee will release the report on rogue tourism operators by June.
Source: smh
