Travel a high priority

THE Australian Chamber – Tourism has urged all states and territories to follow the lead of NSW by easing border restrictions and allow for interstate travel.

Labelling the move as “one of the country’s highest priorities”, the Chamber’s Chairman John Hart argued that the lion’s share of the $80 billion that the domestic tourism market generates comes from interstate travel.

“Any hope we have of seeing the sector revived relies on breaking down our state border restrictions,” Hart said.

“Domestic tourism needs to fill the gap created by absent international visitors, that cannot happen in any significant way if the state borders are closed”.