Noosa News
Even booming tourism operators live in fear
It takes several laps of Noosa’s main drag, Hastings Street, to find a carpark and nearly every table is occupied at the string of sidewalk cafes by 9am.
It is a weekday and a vastly different scene than in the far north Queensland city of Cairns where near-empty tour boats are floating around the Great Barrier Reef.
Queensland’s multibillion-dollar tourism industry has been knee-capped by the COVID-19 pandemic, with Tourism Industry Council chief Daniel Gschwind estimating at least $12 billion has been ripped from the sector in the past year alone.
Aroma Cafe at Noosa has been busy.Credit:Attila Csaszar
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