Hon Zoe Bettison MP

South Australia’s tourism industry is set for an almost $150 million boost this Easter long weekend, in what is being forecasted as a near record domestic visitor spend for the four-day break. 

Kangaroo Island has claimed yet another international prize, now making a top-ten position in Lonely Planet’s Ultimate Australia Travel List, which ranks the top 500 unmissable experiences and hidden gems across Australia.

Liberal members of a Parliamentary Committee investigating the Marshall Liberal Government's ambulance ramping crisis have buried the committee's draft interim report and are refusing to release it.

A new report released today by Tourism Industry Council SA (TICSA) shows a dramatic drop in confidence among tourism businesses over the past quarter.

The Marshall Liberal Government has either given away or sold Adelaide 500 merchandise and infrastructure – with largescale items like the pit building and shade structures getting flogged off in a fire sale auction within the next week. 

The peak tourism industry body has warned there is now a very real prospect of 5000 jobs being lost in the industry unless the Marshall Liberal Government provides urgent financial support.

Steven Marshall’s Events Advisory Group has been suddenly shut down less than a year after it was created, in yet another example of Steven Marshall’s failure when it comes to bringing events to South Australia.

The State’s tourism operators are reaching breaking point as ongoing lockdowns interstate and local restrictions continue to severely hamper their revenue sources.

SA Labor is calling on the Marshall Liberal Government to implement an ‘events cancellation fund’, as the tourism industry highlights the need for a form of insurance to minimise the risk for new events as the pandemic continues to hit the industry hard.

Struggling South Australian tourism operators are crying out for direct financial support from the Marshall Liberal Government – with snap border closures and fluctuating restrictions placing more pressure on the ailing industry.