2021-02-09 S&O Agenda - Item 11 - Attachment 1 - Tourism Noosa Annual Report 2019-20

A CHALLENGING YEAR
The 2019-2020 financial year has been the most challenging yet for our tourism industry, with bushfires and a global
pandemic that has forced lockdowns and border closures. Here is how the year unfolded:




2019                         Timeline                                Tourism Noosa response

   9 September               •   Bushfires threaten the              •    Regular updates on consumer and industry Facebook
                                 Peregian Beach and Peregian              pages with links to Qld Fire and Emergency Services and
                                 Springs communities and                  Noosa Council (road closures). Website updated with
                                 businesses, closing access               information. Team member joins Council’s Local Disaster
                                 roads and forcing evacuations.           Management Group, appealing to members for help with
                                 Businesses in affected areas             emergency supplies.
                                 closed. Travellers uncertain
                                                                     •    Apply for and receive government relief funding for
                                 whether to go ahead with
                                                                          marketing campaigns. Host media famil based around
                                 holiday bookings.
                                                                          affected areas once re-opened. Promote affected areas
                                                                          when ‘open for business’.
   8 November                •   Bushfires threaten Cooroibah,
                                 Kin Kin and Tewantin,               •    Launch Bushfire Appeal.
                                 forcing street closures and
                                 evacuations.




2020                         Timeline                                Tourism Noosa response

   25 January                •   The first confirmed case of         •   Monitor the daily-changing situation and in constant
                                 Coronavirus in Australia.               contact with State Government, Noosa Council and
                                                                         Tourism and Events Queensland for latest advice and
   29 January                •   First confirmed case in                 planning for tourism industry.
                                 Queensland.

                             •   Returned travellers who have
                                 visited Hubei Province of China
                                 need to self-isolate for 14 days,
                                 beginning the gradual closure
                                 of international borders which
                                 will end international visitation
                                 indefinitely.




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