Hon Zoe Bettison MP

Nearly a third of all tourism businesses expect they will have to lay off workers or close altogether when JobKeeper ends next month, according to a tourism industry survey.

Labor is urging South Australians to buy local wine to celebrate bringing in the New Year as the Marshall Liberal Government goes missing with a strategy to deal with the impacts on the industry as the China trade war heats up.

Steven Marshall needs to establish an emergency taskforce to develop an urgent plan to support SA exporters as the China trade crisis escalated today.

The Marshall Liberal Government must deliver much-needed support for South Australia’s tourism and hospitality sector in this week’s budget, after the tourism voucher scheme fell short of expectations.

Adelaide is facing a major event drought over the summer and the Marshall Liberal Government urgently needs to reveal what its major event strategy now is, as the pandemic hits the participation of international competitors.

Steven Marshall’s decision to axe the Adelaide 500 V8 supercar race is simply devastating for South Australia, with the state set to lose tens of millions of dollars of economic activity, hundreds of jobs and thousands of interstate tourists.

The Marshall Liberal Government’s “Great State” Tourism Vouchers – being released today – are too restrictive and ignore large sections of the tourism industry.

The Opposition has learned the Marshall Liberal Government has finally decided to adopt a tourism voucher scheme, but too many businesses are excluded, and the dollar value simply isn’t enough to give the sector the stimulus it desperately needs.

Labor has called on the Marshall Liberal Government to expand its investment in tourism to ensure smaller businesses have access to financial help.

Labor is calling for the State Government to offer a $200 SA Tourism Voucher to encourage South Australians to holiday here and help kickstart the local tourism industry.