Sonia Alvarez’s first trip overseas hasn’t gone to plan.
The 58-year-old nurse from Colombia travelled to Sydney with her daughter Camila Cardona and her son-in-law Ricardo Stoltze on March 16 for a three-week holiday.
But it has turned into a two-month-long stay after the borders in Colombia closed and their flights were cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.
“We were here for a happy vacation, everything was organised but now it’s an anxious situation,” Ms Alvarez said.
The Colombian trio are not the only tourists stranded in Australia due to restricted international travel.
According to the Department of Home Affairs, there are more than 110,000 tourists in the country.
Many nations are in the process of repatriating their citizens but with air travel still heavily restricted and flight tickets often expensive, tourists remain in limbo about when they will be able to return home.
Read more here: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-05-20/coronavirus-lockdown-leaves-tourists-stranded-in-australia/12265658
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