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...past two weeks, says Bardia Bodaghi, who runs a backpackers' lodge in Darwin, at least 10 foreign tourists have asked him if Kakadu is closed. The rumor is sending shudders through an industry that each year serves 80,000 backpackers, who spend about $A19 million in Kakadu alone. The Territory Labor government has promised $A500,000 for an international advertising campaign to soothe such concerns. But Bodaghi, president of the N.T. Backpacker Association, doesn't believe the federal government's Parks Australia North, which co-manages Kakadu with traditional owners representing an indigenous population of around 600, takes tourism seriously...
...still lurks in the area. Claims last week by park board chairman Jonathon Nadji that the area was a sacred site and that some tour guides are irresponsible have made them angrier: "It's tempting to see a conspiracy of trying to close Twin Falls at all costs," says Bodaghi. But Lee says he's never swum at Twin Falls because of its significance as a resting place for the mythical Rainbow Serpent: "We have known that since we were little kids, and we have to respect that country." He says his people don't mind non-Aborigines swimming...
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