Australian Federation of Travel Agents chief executive Jayson Westbury said business had been in free fall since the Morrison government effectively banned overseas travel to deal with the coronavirus pandemic.
Mr Westbury said the 3000 travel agency stores in Australia – which employed more than 40,000 people – would not make it through the next six months without government support.
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Mark Ludlow was Queensland bureau chief for The Australian Financial Review Connect with Mark on Twitter. Email Mark at mludlow@afr.com
Fiona Carruthers has written and edited travel for the Financial Review for almost a decade. She has held senior roles with ABC Radio National, Deutsche Welle Radio, TIME and The Australian, and was deputy editor of Traveller. Email Fiona at fcarruthers@afr.com
