Despite restrictions excluding travellers from Victoria and metropolitan Sydney, the Northern Territory Government has put out the welcome mat to other states and territories, and AFTA CEO, Darren Rudd, says the move is a necessity to getting the top end travel industry restarted.
“The opening of the Northern Territory’s borders is an opportunity for the top end travel and tourism industry to cultivate the first green shoots of recovery, from our red centre to Darwin.
“While the easing of domestic border restrictions is very positive news, the reality is, that until international borders open, the travel and tourism sector will not be operating at full strength.”
Helloworld Darwin agent, Rachel Turner, says the locally-owned agency, which supports two full-time and three part-time staff, is looking forward to a resurgence in business.
“I know so many of my clients have itchy feet, and with international borders staying shut for the foreseeable future, this gives us the ability to start planning travel solutions for our clients heading into the Christmas holiday period and ramping up our domestic marketing activity.”
“When you use your expert local travel agent to book an Australian holiday, we’re the one phone call you need to make. You’re not left in an overseas call center queue, put on hold and transferred.”
“I’d like to thank the Federal and Territory Government for their continued support in terms of funding small Territorian businesses like us.”
