Thinking of working Down Under for a while? This might make up your mind.
Young travellers from Ireland with an urge to experience life Down Under can now do so at a very reasonable price thanks to a new global youth campaign from Tourism Australia.
Tourism Australia have joined up with travel companies in a number of countries, including USIT in Ireland, to offer competitive deals to young travellers to get involved in the country’s Working Holiday Maker (WHM) programme.
In brass tacks, what that means is that eligible Irish people can avail of an ‘All in’ package containing everything below for a price of €999.
- One-way flight to Australia (Sydney or Melbourne)
- One-year Working Holiday Visa
- Bank account
- Tax file number
- One year’s travel insurance for Australia and New Zealand
- One year’s job access
As a frame of reference, a Working Holiday Visa currently costs €365 on its own and a one-way flight to Australia certainly ain’t cheap, so the package is likely to prove attractive to anyone with a travel itch they need to scratch.
While Irish people have been regular visitors to Australia in recent years, the campaign has been launched with the specific target of reversing the current downturn in arrivals from Australia’s key WHM markets, including Ireland.
Youth travellers in the UK, France, Germany, Italy, Canada and the Nordics have also been targeted, while six state and territory tourism organisations – Destination NSW, the South Australia Tourism Commission, Tourism and Events Queensland, Tourism Northern Territory, Tourism Western Australia and Visit Victoria – are also involved in the campaign.
Intro (€275), Essentials (€569) and Complete (prices from €1,199) are also available from USIT, all of which, along with eligibility requirements, can be viewed here.
Commenting on the programme, John O’Sullivan, Tourism Australia’s Managing Director, said: “Youth travel is a price sensitive market and we’ve been very mindful of that fact as we’ve gone about developing partnerships for this campaign.
“This is the most comprehensive package of youth focused travel offers we’ve ever had in market at one time.”
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