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Tourism Australia is calling for more Irish backpackers to head down under

Jonathan Duane
Jonathan Duane

05:14 22 May 2019


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They just can't get enough of us.

Tourism Australia has launched a campaign calling for young Irish backpackers to visit Australia. 

They say that Irish people play a crucial role in their tourism industry, while there's also jobs available in a wide range of industries.

Called ‘Australia Inc’ the new initiative seeks thousands of Irish backpackers to fill thousands of jobs down under.

To help with recruitment, they've turned to USIT, who is offering backpackers the chance to fly to Australia for a pretty decent €999. 

In recent times, Australia has become a hot spot for Irish emigration with over 100,000 making the permanent move there in the last decade.

While 9,000 Irish traveled there on the Working Holiday visa this past year, a massive increase of 11% since the year before.

However, it’s still not enough for the Aussies! They want more of us... sure who could blame them.


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