Record floods in Far North Queensland will cost the local tourism industry an estimated $125 million as ex-tropical cyclone Jasper forced tourism operators to shut down for a week and holidaymakers cancelled their bookings.
Weather conditions eased on Tuesday, allowing Cairns Airport to reopen and tourism operators to assess the damage caused by the slow-moving weather system that dumped more than 2000 millimetres of rain on the region in a week.
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