The number of international tourists booking holidays to Australia is down 10 to 20 per cent due to the bushfires, and will cost the country at least $4.5 billion by the end of the year.
The Australian Tourism Export Council (ATEC) said the year-on-year reduction may get worse, adding that 70 per cent of its members had received cancellations for trips ranging in value from $5000 to $500,000.
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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
