Travel bans sparked by the coronavirus outbreak are already having savage economic consequences for far north Queensland's tourism industry.
A Queensland tourism boss is demanding an unprecedented response to help the industry survive the savage effects of Australia's bushfire crisis and coronavirus travel bans.
The figures are a tally of losses recorded by Tourism Tropical North Queensland's 400 industry members.And that's just one region of tourism-dependent Queensland. In the meantime, it's pushing on with a campaign to get Queenslanders to holiday in the region, something that will dovetail into Tourism Australia's 'Holiday Here This Year' campaign, sparked by the bushfire crisis.
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