"Australia has lived for a long time... Happy with its isolation," Dr Rifai told News Limited media.
“澳大利亚已与世隔绝地快活地生活了很久,”瑞福爱博士告诉新闻媒体公司。
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The secretary-general of the World Tourism Organisation, Taleb Rifai, also weighed into the issue last week.
世界旅游组织秘书长塔勒布瑞福爱上周也考虑过这个问题。
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Rifai, a Jordanian, says Australia needs to ditch the "island mentality" that bred complacency and a misplaced belief that international holidaymakers will beat a path to its door.