Tourism and education jobs set to suffer as a result of coronavirus

The deadly virus, which has infected more than 119,000 people around the world and 133 people in Australia, is set to have the greatest impact on Aussies who work in the tourism industry, as a result of travel restrictions. “For Australia, the immediate impact is likely to be on exports, with travel restrictions weighing on the education and tourism sectors,” NAB said. China was Australia’s biggest source of international visitors in 2019 – bringing more than 1.4 million people to our shores. But now that anyone coming from China required to go into quarantine for 14 days, Reserve Bank of Australia deputy governor Guy Debelle is worried that Australia’s fall in Chinese tourists will lead to a stop in visitors coming from other countries as well. RELATED: Follow the latest coronavirus updates NAB has warned that jobs in Australia’s tourism sector will be the first to suffer as a result of the coronavirus outbreak. Picture: Mark Evans/Getty ImagesSource:Getty Images “Since January, inbound airline capacity from China has declined by 90 per cent, which gives a guide to the size of the decline in arrivals from China,” Mr Debelle told The Australian Financial Review Business Summit in Sydney on Wednesday. “Up… Read full this story

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