19/01/2020
Whilst anyone in Australian Tourism would applaud any stimulus to the industry, today's announcement by the Australian Government is, not surprisingly, all wrong.
Tourism Operators need stimulus today, next weekend and over the next couple of months. Not next year ... now.
Back in 2011 I became very passionate about the decline in Australian Tourism which at the time was coping with a high Aussie $, cyclone Yasi and Brisbane floods. The page was
https://www.facebook.com/Holiday-at-Home-102658159820568/
It was at this time I created the "Holiday at Home" concept and as I presented to the then opposition treasure, Joe Hockey that the government was basically funding the decline in Australian tourism anyhow.
Fast forward to 2020 and the issue is the same, any decline in Australian Tourism the government will pay for in one way or another.
Australian Tourism operators cannot wait for some marketing campaign to be created and functional and where the main beneficiaries will be the advertising agencies and media outlets, Australian Tourism operators need results today, next weekend and go from there,
Today's Australian Tourism Stimulus all wrong, the stimulus should be immediate tax deductions for anyone purchasing accommodation for holidays at home between now and June 30.
The Australian government already provides holiday accommodation tax deductions for employees of several industry sectors.
Immediate tax deductions for anyone purchasing accommodation for holidays at home will mean people taking up a holiday next weekend whilst school holidays are still in play.
Of course, there would need to be qualifications for claiming on tax, only purchases and receipts from licensed accommodation operators could be tolerable. Anything else would open the process to rorts.
Please get as many people as you can, get them to the FB page as time is of the essence.
https://www.facebook.com/Holiday-at-Home-102658159820568/
Request for Goverment Stimulus for Australian Tourism
