TOURISM Minister Dan Tehan has confirmed that almost $95 million in payments under the first round of the COVID-19 Consumer Travel Support grants program have been paid out so far, to over 2,800 travel agents.
Tehan said the additional funding round (see main story) would bring to $258 million the total direct support for travel agents, in addition to about $700 million already provided in other measures such as JobKeeper, loss carry back provision and PAYG cash flow boosts.
“We want Australians to book a holiday in Australia this year to support our tourism industry, and to book that holiday through a travel agent,” the Minister said.
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