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Tourism Research Australia

Friday, August 19

Tourism starts a recovery but hotels and the city seem so 2019

The financial losses continue to pile up in the tourism sector with the damage exceeding $82 billion for the year to the end of March, according to data from Tourism Research Australia.

Travellers rush for bookings as huge cost of COVID is revealed

The Morrison Government’s tourism plan has lit a fire under travellers who flooded Virgin Australia yesterday, increasing flight searches by 78 per cent and bookings by 40 per cent.

The all-important Christmas season may be a dud for tourism operators if Queensland's borders remain closed to Sydneysiders Photo: ABC

Christmas tourism window closing as operators sweat on border opening

Tourism operators fear the ongoing uncertainty around the status of Queensland’s borders is scaring away interstate travellers from booking holidays in the Sunshine State over the peak Christmas period.