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Council submits paper on future of tourism

Council submits paper on future of tourism MEDIA RELEASE Published: 23 June 2021. (Note: information was correct at date of publication but may have since been changed or superseded.) Allowing local governments to introduce a visitor levy; developing a Nature-Based Tourism Strategy; reviewing the way major events are funded by the State; and placing a much greater emphasis on destination-specific tourism marketing are four of the 10 recommendations contained in Cairns Regional Council’s submission to the State Government’s Designing Our Future Tourism Discussion Paper.The submission, endorsed by Council today, is structured in three distinct sections – the problems and opportunities; the solutions; and how to fund the solutions.Cairns Mayor Bob Manning said it was never more important to review how the tourism industry is managed in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has drastically affected the sector since March last year.“The economic impact felt in the Cairns region would have to be one of the worst in Australia and we know from the recently commissioned Deloitte Access Economics Report that our region will suffer a projected net loss of $6.5 billion in tourism expenditure over the period 2020 to 2029 due to COVID-19,” Cr Manning said.“The region had already experienced a sustained decline in tourism market share before the onset of the pandemic in both international and domestic markets.

Cairns Regional Council 23 Jun 2021