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Travelling during Lunar New Year Last updated by Smart Traveller website (www.smartraveller.gov.au) Thursday, 18/01/2024 Lunar New Year is one of the most significant celebrations for East and Southeast Asian cultures. It's a time of celebration when people gather to eat food, exchange gifts, and watch street performers and processions. It's also the biggest global travel event, with billions of people travelling to celebrate with their friends and family.  This year, the Lunar New Year festival starts on 10 February, New Year's Day. It typically …

Direct flights to Johannesburg will return in April for the first time since COVID with Perth passengers hoping to get overseas soon having a second non-stop option to Bangkok. The restart is also good news for the State’s tourism industry with South African Airways running the 11-hour flight three days a week, meaning 40,000 more people will be landing in Perth each year. The Johannesburg service is the 19th direct international flight into Perth that has been relaunched or secured since international …