Letter 253
An industry weathering a long winter looks warily at the months — or years — ahead.
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The cruise ships are back! More than two years after they were first banished from Australian waters, a first hulking ocean liner measuring more than 850 feet in length floated lazily into Sydney Harbor on Monday. It sported an enormous navy-blue sign, slung over its bow: “We’re home.”
Late last year, after Australia reopened its long-closed borders, a trickle of tourists began to make their way down under, first from Singapore and New Zealand, and then from everywhere else. As of this month, an average of 675 international flights are headed to Australia each week, according to data from…
