With borders closed for the foreseeable future, tourism is preparing to emerge from hibernation facing a $45.4bn international tourist-shaped hole and a drastically changed ecosystem.
And while redirected overseas holidays will plug some of that gap, considerable doubt remains over how much and where that money will be spent.
Read more as Gabby Walters, Associate Professor in tourism disaster recovery at UQ Business School speaks with The Australian about the population’s travel preferences once restrictions are lifted.