Deloitte’s tourism and hotel market outlook report found the Gold Coast’s tourism sectors will not return to pre-pandemic levels before 2023, placing its recovery behind Brisbane’s.
Queensland’s tourism industry lost half its 2019 income in 2020 with business owners struggling to survive.
Deloitte national tourism leader Adele Labine-Romain said the Gold Coast’s hotel sector's reliance on international visitors is the cause for the slower recovery.
Queensland Tourism Industry Council chief Daniel Gschwind said the prospect of the New Zealand bubble has raised high hopes for recovery on the Gold Coast.