Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry

The Tourism Restart Taskforce (TRT) has pushed out its proposed date for the recommencement of the earliest international travel by around four months from its original vision of July 2020 to November. According to the revised Tourism Restart Timetable, dubbed “2.0”, the resumption of outbound travel (most likely to New Zealand under the ‘Tasman Bubble’ scheme) could possibly begin around mid-October and extend to other overseas “Safe Travel Zones” by 1 December. The same date has been flagged for ocean cruising to New Zealand and the Pacific islands.

The Tourism Restart Taskforce has raised its concern at its latest meeting that the Australian Government’s JobKeeper initiative may not be extended beyond September.

The national peak body for tourism organisations, the Australian Chamber – Tourism, has revealed the formation of the Tourism Restart Taskforce. The Taskforce will provide advice to industry and government on the short, medium and long-term priorities to rebuild tourism in Australia in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.