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May 2, 2014, 6:45 pm

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Originally Posted by tireman77

I'm sure that would be great, but the issue is percentage of US Visitors to Australia versus % of Australian Visitors to the US. I'm pretty sure the US is in the Top 3 of originating countries to Australia. I think Australia is just cracking the top 10 to the US.

In other words, it benefits AUS to fast-track US citizens, but the opposite might not warrant the needed investment.

Perhaps, but I'm not only talking about the US. I doubt that the Swiss would be in the top 10 to Australia, and certainly a large percentage of visitors to the UK hold Australian passports.

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