The 46-year-old said it's a major change of pace, something she never expected she would be doing.
She hopes to return to the travel industry one day but said it would require more support from whoever wins government at the coming state election. "Our industry was the first one to get hit by COVID because it was all the gigs that got cancelled immediately, I had a show at the Spiegeltent, it was six months of work and it was cancelled one week out," she said.While there were grants and financial incentives that helped some people in the industry, she struggled to qualify for JobKeeper and used three accountants to try to secure support.
"The fact is that, yes our job is different to a lot of other people's jobs but it's still the job that we do [and] yes, it is important. That's what we base our livelihoods on and it's a contribution to society that we think is absolutely essential."
Until international travel returns most travel agents will have to put their businesses into hibernation and look to change the way they do business. Just like every other obsolete business has been forced to do. Drive in’s, tv repair businesses, photographic film processors etc
What is the gov doing for those who are going to go out of business? Where is the targeted relief aside from the BS Qantas scheme?