AUSTRALIAN Tourism Export Council Managing Director Peter Shelley said the Australian Government’s extension of the JobKeeper program to Mar 2021 (TD 21 Jul) would prove to be a “helpful” boost for tourism businesses hit hard by the global pandemic and bushfires.
“This extension will give tourism operators the security of knowing they can plan about retention of staff and management of resources moving forward as they attempt to navigate a difficult period,” he said.
Meanwhile, Australian Tourism Industry Council Executive Director Simon Westaway said the extension to the program for travel and tourism provides “certainty” for sector.
“JobKeeper has done the job intended, enabling sustainable businesses including most tourism enterprises to keep on key workers until…visitor demand recovers,” Westaway said.
“JobKeeper 2.0’s six-month extension provides certainty to keep tourism business doors open…with a firmly closed int’l border & domestic…restrictions”.
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Source: traveldaily