Visitor numbers in outback Queensland grew during the two years of pandemic restrictions

Tuesday, June 7, 2022

The number of visitors in outback Queensland grew during the two years of the COVID-19 induced travel restrictions.

However, wet weather and steep prices of fuel are playing a spoilsport with tourists choosing to stay away during a time, when it should be the peak season.

Businesses in the Queensland Outback are reporting a slow start to the tourist season, which usuallystarts during the long Easter weekend.

Key points:
• Inland tourism has increased as international borders closed to travel.
• A sluggish start to the tourist spellcan be due to the recent closures of road due to the rains in April.
• Tourists need to squeeze their budgets with rising fuel prices.

With closures of international borders obstructing travel plans abroad, a record number of domestic tourists have seized the opportunity and explored the country of Australia in the past two years.

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