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‘Mighty bleak’: economists warn delay in vaccinating Australians could devastate tourism
Experts say if the vaccine program drags into 2022 and the international border stays closed Australia ‘will miss out on first demand’
The large boats at the Cairns marina demonstrate the devastation Covid has already wreaked on international tourism and point to yet more pain ahead if Australia’s botched vaccine rollout delays the reopening of international borders.
Local business consultant Pete Faulkner on Tuesday counted 10 large pleasure craft idle at the marina which would normally be out taking tourists to the Great Barrier Reef.
Read the original article at The Guardian