Yesterday's Federal Budget delivered a range of measures that will support not only consumers and the broader economy, but will also assist in the tourism recovery. The urgent needs for ongoing investment in our industry was starkly confirmed this morning with the release of the
latest data from Tourism Research Australia (TRA). The cumulative losses for tourism since the beginning of the pandemic have amounted to a staggering $146.6 billion nationally. Queensland has fared less badly than most other states, but in the year ending December 2021, domestic tourism in Queensland was still down 14% compared to an already difficult year before.
