Will We Ruin the Outback? ; Tourism Is Taking Off in the Australian Outback and Virgin has Even Launched Budget Flights to Oz. But Is This a Good Thing or, As with Parts of East Africa, Will the Areas Being Explored Just Be Exploited? Two Writers Living Down Under Argue the Case

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For remote communities, especially those in the Outback, any form of tourism offers perhaps their best hope for a better, more secure future, says MARK CHIPPERFIELD

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Will We Ruin the Outback? ; Tourism Is Taking Off in the Australian Outback and Virgin has Even Launched Budget Flights to Oz. But Is This a Good Thing or, As with Parts of East Africa, Will the Areas Being Explored Just Be Exploited? Two Writers Living Down Under Argue the Case

AFTER turning its back on the Outback for so long, Australia is realising that its vast deserts, flood plains and frontier towns are a unique tourist resource.

The sheer size and emptiness of the Outback - the "tyranny of distance" - prevented travel to the more remote regions, but this has changed. Efficient...

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