Tourism industry welcomes COVID exit plan but calls for more detail
Managing Director of Spencer Travel Penny Spencer (middle). Source: Supplied.
The travel and tourism industries say the federal government’s four-phased plan to re-open the country is lacking the detail and vaccination targets that businesses need to regain confidence.
The first half of the government’s national plan to transition the country’s COVID-19 response focuses on vaccinating the population and reducing the frequency of lockdowns, before reopening domestic and international travel in the final two phases.
Announcing the roadmap on Friday, the Prime Minister said until modelling from Melbourne’s Peter Doherty Institute is released, it will be unclear what percentage of the population would need to get vaccinated for the country to move from one phase to the next.