Package from the Commonwealth will go a ways in ensuring those businesses are still breathing when overseas travel begins

TERRITORIANS have done as much as they can to support the NT’s pandemic-ravaged tourism industry

TERRITORIANS have done as much as they can to support the NT’s pandemic-ravaged tourism industry.

The death of international travel and frenetic interstate border closures has dealt a significant blow to the sector, particularly in Alice Springs and Uluru.

Even a surge in intra-territory travel amid the highly successful NT government tourism voucher scheme has not been enough, on pure headcount alone, to ensure tourism operators in those two regions come out of this pandemic alive.

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The federal government’s latest tourism package, in which Australians will be able to score half price airfares to and from Alice Springs and Uluru from most major state cities (with apologies to Hobart), is a significant lifeline.

For Aussies who have Uluru on their bucket list or are keen to experience Parrtjima, these discounted airfares could be the key to getting them on that plane and into the Territory.

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It won’t be full throttle for the tourism sector until international borders reopen, but this package from the Commonwealth will go a ways in ensuring those businesses are still breathing when overseas tourists are allowed to experience the Territory again.

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