While COVID-19 is stopping Aussies from going anywhere overseas, they now have even more reason to avoid China.

Yes, it’s more trave ‘bubble’ news from Travel Weekly today. This time, it’s Indonesia’s turn.

An Australian citizen has been sentenced to death after drugs were found in his checked luggage at a Chinese airport.

Australia’s Tourism Minister has rolled up his sleeves and slammed a travel warning against the country by China, arguing that it “does not stand up to scrutiny”.

This one’s for all the Disney fans out there, including Travel Weekly’s editor, who insists on wearing his Mickey Mouse hat during every staff Zoom meeting.

Despite being the initial epicentre of the COVID-19 pandemic, new research has found Wuhan to be the most desirable domestic destination among Chinese travellers.

The government has updated its travel advice as the death toll for the deadly virus jumps to 305, with 12 confirmed cases in Australia.

As growing fears of the scale of coronavirus continue to reverberate across the world, Australian travel companies are among those taking hits to their share prices.

Meanwhile, China has placed more than 18 million people in lockdown overnight as the number of those infected climbs to 650, with 18 confirmed deaths.

Authorities fear that the disease, which originated at a fish market in central China, could be further spread during Chinese New Year festivities.

Wendy Wu Tours’ supremo was in Australia recently to spread the travel love and announce some whizz-bang new enhancements to the wholesaler’s offering.

Meanwhile, Sydney’s much-anticipated light rail is still yet to launch, leaving Travel Weekly’s editor to settle for daily bus rides with a surly driver.