{"id":118885,"date":"2020-01-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-16T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/losses-of-over-4-billion-australian-dollars-in-the-australian-tourism-sector-due-to-fires\/"},"modified":"2026-03-07T18:02:46","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T16:02:46","slug":"losses-of-over-4-billion-australian-dollars-in-the-australian-tourism-sector-due-to-fires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/losses-of-over-4-billion-australian-dollars-in-the-australian-tourism-sector-due-to-fires\/","title":{"rendered":"Losses of over 4 billion Australian dollars in the Australian tourism sector due to fires"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Australia&#8217;s wildfires will cause the local tourism sector losses of at least 4.5 billion Australian dollars by the end of the year, according to a report by the professional organization Australian Tourism Export Council (ATEC).<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>In recent months, Australia&#8217;s wildfires have scorched an area of land approximately one-third the size of Germany, causing the deaths of 29 people and destroying over 2,000 homes.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>According to ATEC, the number of tourists who booked a stay in Australia has dropped by 10% to 20% since the start of the fires in September 2019.<\/div>\n<h3>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h3>\n<p><strong>What is the estimated financial impact of the wildfires on Australian tourism?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Australian Tourism Export Council (ATEC) estimates losses of at least 4.5 billion Australian dollars by the end of the year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How much has the number of tourist bookings decreased?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bookings have seen a significant decline, dropping between 10% and 20% since the fires began in September 2019.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the scale of the damage caused by the fires?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The fires have burned an area equivalent to one-third of Germany, resulting in 29 fatalities and the destruction of more than 2,000 homes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Australia&#8217;s wildfires will cause the local tourism sector losses of at least 4.5 billion Australian dollars by the end of the year, according to a report by the professional organization Australian Tourism Export Council (ATEC). In recent months, Australia&#8217;s wildfires have scorched an area of land approximately one-third the size of Germany, causing the deaths&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":67939,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2858],"tags":[],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-118885","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tourism"],"article_style_override":"","post-style":"","post_via":"","post-top-image":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/turism-2.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118885","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118885"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118885\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67939"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118885"},{"taxonomy":"thb-sponsors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thb-sponsors?post=118885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}