Author: Songshan (Sam) Huang, Edith Cowan University

While Australia has managed the COVID-19 pandemic exceptionally well, hard border closures led to substantial losses in its tourism sector. Australia is ranked among the top 10 most affected economies in terms of tourism revenue loss. A Deloitte report on Australia’s tourism recovery outlined three scenarios, with even the most severe scenario anticipating some international travel bubbles emerging in 2021.