A panel of experts have suggested a new tourism tax when they were tasked with rebooting QLD's tourism sector following pandemic-induced border closures.
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Premium Content  Border certainty will be more crucial than ever as JobKeeper comes to an end and struggling tourism operators in Queensland s premier destinations scramble to guarantee employment. Tourism leaders in north Queensland and the Whitsundays have joined in calling for a replacement to the wage subsidy fearing embattled operators will be disproportionately affected when the scheme ends in March. Tourism Tropical North Queensland chairman Ken Chapman said JobKeeper had prevented an economic catastrophe in Cairns but that an abrupt end to the scheme would be devastating for the region, where reef operators rely on international tourism for up to 70 per cent of their business.
Business by Tobias Jurss-Lewis
Premium Content  Border certainty will be more crucial than ever as JobKeeper comes to an end and struggling tourism operators in Queensland s premier destinations scramble to guarantee employment. Tourism leaders in north Queensland and the Whitsundays have joined in calling for a replacement to the wage subsidy fearing embattled operators will be disproportionately affected when the scheme ends in March. Tourism Tropical North Queensland chairman Ken Chapman said JobKeeper had prevented an economic catastrophe in Cairns but that an abrupt end to the scheme would be devastating for the region, where reef operators rely on international tourism for up to 70 per cent of their business.
Tourism minister roasted over comment Queensland’s Opposition Leader has let fly at the Tourism Minister after he called on locked-out Sydneysiders to cancel their bookings.
Politics by Darren Cartwright and Evin Priest 23rd Dec 2020 5:46 PM Opposition leader David Crisafulli has unleashed on Queensland Tourism Minister Stirling Hinchliffe for calling on NSW residents to cancel holidays, saying he just doesn t get it . Mr Hinchliffe has been recalled from holidays to deal with a growing tourism crisis in the wake of border closures because of a coronavirus outbreak in NSW. Queensland closed its borders on Tuesday and is denying entry to anyone who has visited or resides in greater Sydney or the city s northern beaches.