
Bush tourism boom has some towns bursting at the seams
It may start to feel a bit cramped in regional Queensland after data showed it was enjoying a golden era with a tourism boom adding to the COVID-inspired population boom.
It may start to feel a bit cramped in regional Queensland after data showed it was enjoying a golden era with a tourism boom adding to the COVID-inspired population boom.
The economies of regional Queensland are starting to fire up with unemployment consistently better than Brisbane and tourism rebounding strongly.
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There are certain things Queenslanders are just not willing to do during COVID-19. Go to the office and catch public transport are two of them, according to the Google mobility data.
Queensland’s unemployment is as bad as it’s likely to get but at least one region was likely to see a jobless rate approaching 20 per cent, according to economists at Conus Consultancy.
Residential building approvals have collapsed to their lowest-ever level in regional Queensland with the construction-dependent Gold Coast leading the falls with a 42 per cent slide over the year to May.
Brisbane and its neighbouring coasts have been hit harder than the rest of Queensland by job shedding as companies adjust to the COVID-19 recession.