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Queensland tourism operators want better support as lockdown bites
Tuesday December 22, 2020
It is the tropical tourist paradise at the top of Queensland that has continued to suffer well past the state’s coronavirus lockdown period.
Reef tour operator Steve Edmonson says the marine industry is “very vulnerable” until international tourism begins again. Photo: ABC
Tourism employs about 80 per cent of the population at Port Douglas, according to the local industry body, with the area usually attracting visitors from around the country and the world.
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