Tourism industry 'looking pretty grim' for September school holidays

Tourism and Transport Forum Australia CEO Margy Osmond says they have calculated by the end of September the tourism sector would have lost “well over 600,000 jobs”.

“And by the middle of next year, we’re likely to lose another 150,000,” Ms Osmond told Sky News Australia.

Ms Osmond said she is “doing her best” to get the federal government to reinstate JobKeeper for the tourism industry due to the continuous loss in revenue from lockdowns and border closure.

“We’ve had three sets of school holidays now that were completely kaput...and we’re now looking pretty grim for September school holidays too, so, that will make four school holidays

“We anticipate those holidays alone will cost somewhere in the vicinity of probably 15 to 20 billion dollars.”