Bushfires, pandemic have ravaged the tourism industry and the worst is yet to come

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Australia's tourism industry is reeling with the impacts of the summer's bushfires COVID-19 restrictions, with warnings domestic visitors may not fill the void left by foreign tourists.

Earlier this week, Queensland announced it wasBut even if domestic travel was rebooted, it wouldn't help 35 per cent of businesses surveyed by the Australian Tourism Export Council .

Seventy-seven per cent of operators that relied on foreign visitors said they would be out of business in the next year unless international tourism was allowed. The spokesman said almost 90 per cent of operators were using the Government's wage subsidy program JobKeeper to keep staff employed. Mr Hubbard expects his business could be down as much as 40 per cent on last year, but said "it's too depressing to look".

Many in the tourism industry hoped exemptions for travel between New Zealand and Australia would reinvigorate the tourism sector.

 

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Tourism was always a cop out of a career

Our PM ignored severity of drought, bush fires and pandemic. Why is media avoiding to grill PM like they grill Daniel Andrews. Morrison responsibility is much greater than Daniel Andrews.

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