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The State Government is subsidising £10 return airfares for British and Irish backpackers to travel to South Australia in a bid to rejuvenate the state’s visitor economy.
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New “speed-bump” rules for SA arrivals and a “wait-and-see” approach on border closures are driving a spate of cancellations that are crippling tourism operations in regional SA, with a Government MP demanding the Premier commits to keeping borders open for Christmas.
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The axing of JobKeeper and the latest snap border closure has prompted renewed calls to help the pandemic-hit tourism industry, with state travel agents and tour operators warning they are already cutting back hours and making staff redundant.
In this week’s briefcase, a Mawson Lakes technology firm joins the ASX200, a local smartwatch company funds its global expansion and an Adelaide keep-cup startup gets its fill in Gluttony.
The Tourism Industry Council of South Australia is urging the State Government to expand its second round of Great State Vouchers to include tour businesses, as operators struggle in the wake of the state’s second lockdown.
An iconic 12-storey hotel and day spa is being proposed at Seppeltsfield to drive luxury tourism in the Barossa wine region.
A widely-derided new SA Tourism ad plays to outdated stereotypes about older people that will more likely put them off coming here than convince them to visit, the Council on the Ageing says.
