Travellers rush for bookings as huge cost of COVID is revealed

Friday March 12, 2021

The Morrison Government’s tourism plan has lit a fire under travellers who flooded Virgin Australia yesterday, increasing flight searches by 78 per cent and bookings by 40 per cent.

Virgin has been inundated with bookings

And the boost couldn’t come soon enough. Federal Government data released today revealed that domestic tourism losses in 2020 amounted to $44 billion because of the COVID-19 pandemic and the bushfires.

Virgin has put seats on various routes on a half-price sale for the period between March 15 and 28, just before the Morrison…

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