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3190 Tropical North Queensland tourism jobs will be lost

3190 Tropical North Queensland tourism jobs will be lost

Released Monday, 23rd August 2021
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3190 Tropical North Queensland tourism jobs will be lost

3190 Tropical North Queensland tourism jobs will be lost

3190 Tropical North Queensland tourism jobs will be lost

3190 Tropical North Queensland tourism jobs will be lost

Monday, 23rd August 2021
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  • Another 3,150 Tropical North Queensland tourism jobs in Australia will be lost by Christmas shrinking the tourism workforce to half its pre-pandemic size, according to new research from the Tourism and Transport Forum (TTF).
  • Tourism Tropical North Queensland (TTNQ) Chief Executive Officer Mark Olsen said tourism had employed 15,750 full and part-time staff and, with indirect tourism spend, supported a total of 25,500 jobs before the pandemic in the Cairns region.
  • By July 2021, we had lost 3,600 permanent staff, even with the support of JobKeeper and a returning domestic market,” Mr Olsen said.
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