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Tourism and hospitality owners in tropical north Queensland say they are unable to capitalise on the domestic travel boom due to a shortage of workers.
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk stands firm on keeping the Queensland borders closed to NSW, despite plans for 'no more lockdowns and border closures' after Australia reaches an 80 per cent vaccine rate.
Travel by Jeremy Pierce Premium Content  Queensland's battered tourism industry has suffered a $13 billion wipe-out as the full cost of the coronavirus pandemic can finally be laid bare. New figures from Tourism Research Australia show Queensland's tourism industry - a $26 billion empire at the end of 2019, was slashed in half last year as international travel bans, border closures, and COVID outbreaks decimated travel. In an encouraging sign, Queensland has weathered the storm better than major rivals NSW and Victoria, but some have questioned wheth...