The Impact of COVID-19 on Australia Tourism & Hospitality Industry

THE IMPACT OF THE
COVID-19 ON AUSTRALIA
TOURISM &
HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
The effect of the Covid-19 pandemic on Australian Tourism and Hospitality Industry.............3
Key strategies recommendations.................................................................................................4
CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9

INTRODUCTION
Tourism industry is now emerging globally. Tourism is connected with people travelling
for either business purpose or leisure. The study is focus on Australian's Tourism and hospitality
Industry. Australian tourism will experience high growth over next two decades. The report will
focus on impact of the covid-19 pandemic on tourism industry. The report consider overseas
visitors, New Zealand visits and fares to Australian carriers. The report elaborate main strategic
recommendations that Tourism Australia recommended in their revival plan.
MAIN BODY
The effect of the Covid-19 pandemic on Australian Tourism and Hospitality Industry.
International passenger traffic has reached to record levels last year at 34.9 million.
Australian hotels have seen a boon lasting for another two years as tourism spending and
predicted to reach 167 million by 2025. But as Covid arises, situation become different and even
worse. Hotel owners currently at an empty horizon in which majority of hotels are planning to
remain close. Most of hotels have closed or remaining hotels are planning to close. Almost 19%
hotels have shut down that includes 26% regional or 15% state capital (Australian Hotels
Industry Sentiment Survey.2021).
Covid-19 negatively impact tourism industry in so many ways that majorly lower down
its tourism growth and economy. Covid-19 has continued to severely impact overall process in
travelling like it limit arrival of passenger (Polyzos, Samitas, and Spyridou, 2020). Many other
countries around the world have now introduced travel restrictions in an attempt to contain its
spread. For example, Queensland has announced biggest lock down and changes to travel
restrictions that includes the hotpots and borders. Some of its major restrictions for instance, only
100 people allowed to gather across Queensland. People should wear a mask when at airport or
on international or domestic flight arriving or departing in Queensland. After Covid 19 cases, all
travellers must take travel insurance.
New Zealand also imposed lock down when covid 19 arises. Now New Zealand and
Australia are planning for a travel bubble in which it include quarantine free flow of folks
between countries. Travel Bubble include countries that have low number of Covid cases. Large
number of domestic and international visitors decreases from last four to five months (Dube,
Nhamo and Chikodzi, 2020). Covid-19 also impact employment for example, Australia Qantas