Bookings take off as airlines resume Queensland-Victoria flights

“Now with Victoria opening up, we have the last piece of the puzzle in place for domestic tourism,” he said.

“Last year the tourism economy was nearly $10 billion and a good chunk comes from NSW and Victoria.

“We are enormously relieved that our operators and, importantly, the 250,000 staff relying on the tourism industry can go forward with more certainty and confidence for the future.”

Mr Gschwind said the lifting of travel restrictions allowed the industry to recover from a year devastated by the coronavirus pandemic.

“We hope we can recover some of the enormous loss over the year and hopefully it sets us up for a strong…