It is supposed to be peak tourism season, but locals in small outback tourist towns have never seen it so quiet and are worried businesses won't survive.
Tourism operators across the outback are reporting low visitor numbers during what is supposed to be the peak tourism season.The state government has announced 57 regional Queensland projects will share $10 million in funding to help boost visitation.
"It's been perfect weather and fishing's been great … but like everywhere else is reporting, it's very quiet as far as tourism numbers and activity goes," she said.Alan Smith, owner of Outback Aussie Tours, was concerned about the financial impact on small, tourism-dependent towns."When you get a stinger like this when it's slow to start, it's really going to put them under a lot of pressure," he said.
"We want to encourage as many people as possible to experience the wonders of Outback Queensland," he said.On an ABC North West Queensland Facebook post describing the slow tourism season out west, hundreds of people weighed in. "This will be a trend over the next 20+ years as the level of retirees fall due to the need to work longer just to live. The 2010-COVID days probably saw the peak in retirees and grey nomads for our era," commented Davis Walshe.
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