It’s a multibillion-dollar industry on its knees and when international borders reopen, who will be left to navigate the quagmire of vaccinated nations and potential COVID-19 visas, or reap the rewards of the predicted global travel boom?
“[Agents] need to start making decisions about their staff, they’ve probably already wound down their office or are looking to do that, but it’s the staff that is ongoing for many, many years that adds to that mental stress,” AFTA chief executive Darren Rudd said. “That’s the critical stage we’re in at the moment; we need to protect the skills base that we have left in the industry to enable Australians to travel safely at the other end of this.”Because while we have all been locked away, COVID-19 has freely travelled the world and proven itself an adept backpacker in the process; mutating into new forms that vaccines have yet to prove capable of tackling en masse to achieve our Hail Mary of herd immunity.
“We understand the border decision, but you can’t make an entire industry illegal and stop it from trading and not support them,” he said. “We are hopeful that the ‘stand up for the underdog’ attitude will shine through and many who have never used a travel agent previously will give their local agent a go and no doubt receive great service and advice while supporting a local business,” she said.
ajastyles Until they take ur money and do a runner. True story, happened to my oldies and many more customers of the same agency🤦♂️🤦♂️
ajastyles A 'senior journalist' wrote this crap?
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