"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.

瑞福爱，约旦人。他说澳大利亚需要摆脱培育自足自满与错位信仰的“岛屿心态”，那样全球度假者就会蜂拥而至了。

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Those who have fled are mainly from Bangui, as well as the cities of Bangassou, Rifai and Zemio in the south-eastern part of the country bordering DR Congo, the UN refugee agency said in a statement.

BBC: Central Africa Republic crisis: Refugee numbers 'swell'