immediately and provide renewed financial support to the embattled $50 billion tourism industry, according to a pre-budget submission.
“The tourism sector was one of the first to feel the huge costs of COVID-19. The international border has been closed to tourist markets for 675 days and counting,” said Australian Chamber-Tourism chief executive John Hart. Australian Chamber-Tourism, a branch of the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, lure tourists back into the country.
The industry body has also called for the federal government to refund tourist visa fees and removing the passenger movement charge – a major revenue-raiser which generated more than $1 billion a year pre-COVID-19 – to make Australia a more cost-competitive tourist destination and drive much-needed international demand.
So Mark Birrell & the Board are happy to pay for the damages - the health costs to Australian communities ?
Whoops. USA issues Code Red travel warning to people wanting to come to Australia.