Australia's tourism industry breathes a sigh of relief

Business Daily

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News, Business

4.4 • 796 Ratings

🗓️ 5 April 2022

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

We’re in Queensland, home to a tourism industry that – usually – contributes billions of dollars to the Australian economy. The coronavirus pandemic saw the country's borders close for the best part of two years, so how did business owners cope without their usual customer base? Vivienne Nunis speaks to the owner of a mini golf course, a scuba diving company and a restaurant on the Queensland coast. We also hear the tale of José Paronella, a Spanish migrant who built a pleasure garden and ballroom deep in the tropical rainforest. Image: a kangaroo on an Australian beach. Credit: Getty Images.

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0:00.0	This is Business Daily with me Vivienne Nunes coming to you from Australia.
0:06.0	The country had some of the world's longest coronavirus lockdowns and strictest border
0:11.0	controls.
0:12.0	But now the gates are open.
0:13.9	We'll hear from the tourism businesses breathing a sigh of relief.
0:17.3	I don't think we'll ever make up the losses, but if we can just keep continuing
0:23.0	to get customers back, I'm sure we'll be okay. Plus the unexpected tale of a Spanish migrant
0:31.0	who built a pleasure garden and ballroom deep in Australia's tropical rainforest nearly
0:36.5	a hundred years ago.
0:38.3	It's where family would come and enjoy a picnic, swim, play tennis.
0:42.1	Their wedding would be held here.
0:43.9	So all these lovely things could be a part of people's lives back in the 1920s, 30s.
0:50.6	That's Business Daily from the BBC.
0:55.9	Queensland is the state at the very centre of Australia's tourism industry.
1:02.5	Miles and miles of white sandy beaches here attract visitors from all over the world.
1:08.6	I'm just looking out at the ocean from a place called Mermaid Beach,
1:12.3	which is just south of Surfers Paradise.
1:15.0	If I look further up the beach
1:16.4	along the white sand under the bright blue sky,
1:19.9	there are some towering skyscrapers,
1:22.5	which Surfers Paradise is known for.
1:25.7	But just like so many other places around the world, during the last couple of
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