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Australia’s peak body of tourism organisations, Australian Chamber-Tourism, welcomes the announcement today that Canadians up to the age of 35 years are eligible to apply for working holidaymaker visas, from November 1, 2018.
Australian Chamber-Tourism Executive Chair, John Hart said, “the Working Holiday Maker Visa Program facilitates cultural exchange between Australia and partner countries and is important to the leisure tourism market, and the short-term labour force needs in some regions."
“Working holiday makers approximately spend two and half times more than they earn, and create over 25,000 jobs in the Australian economy.
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Increased-age-for-Canadian-Working-Holiday-Makers-welcomed.pdf