From March 2019 to March 2020:
- tourism filled jobs in Australia decreased by 3.0% (-21,900) compared to an increase of 1.7% (+243,900) in the whole economy
- the total number of tourism filled jobs at the end of March was 702,700
- the fall in tourism filled jobs of 3.0% was the largest fall in the time series with commenced in September 2004
Movement in tourism filled jobs by tourism industry, original series
| Percentage change (a) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec-18 to Mar-19 | Mar-19 to Jun-19 | Jun-19 to Sep-19 | Sep-19 to Dec-19 | Dec-19 to Mar-20 | Mar-19 to Mar-20 | |
| Accommodation | 2.3 | -3.0 | 0.7 | 2.4 | -12.4 | -12.4 |
| Cafes, restaurants and takeaway food services | -0.4 | -2.4 | 5.0 | 3.2 | -7.4 | -2.1 |
| Clubs, pubs, taverns and bars | -0.5 | 6.1 | -4.2 | 4.2 | -7.6 | -2.2 |
| Rail transport | 3.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -6.9 | 0.0 | -6.9 |
| Road transport and transport equipment rental | -2.2 | -6.2 | 4.5 | -2.0 | 1.4 | -2.6 |
| Air, water and other transport | -2.8 | -1.4 | 7.6 | 3.3 | -6.3 | 2.6 |
| Travel agency and information centre services | -1.7 | 6.6 | -1.4 | -3.3 | -2.6 | -0.9 |
| Cultural services | 10.5 | -7.1 | 3.4 | 8.3 | -8.4 | -4.8 |
| Casinos and other gambling services | 2.5 | 4.9 | -2.3 | 0.0 | -2.4 | 0.0 |
| Sports and recreation services | -15.8 | 2.5 | -3.8 | 2.5 | -16.8 | -15.9 |
| Retail trade | -3.0 | -1.6 | -1.5 | 5.0 | -2.4 | -0.8 |
| Education and training | -1.9 | 5.2 | -0.5 | -1.1 | -1.7 | 1.8 |
| All other industries | 0.0 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 2.9 |
| Tourism total | -1.4 | -0.5 | 1.3 | 2.5 | -6.2 | -3.0 |
| Whole economy total | -0.6 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 1.4 | -0.7 | 1.7 |
a. Change on preceding quarter, except for the last column which shows the change between the current quarter and the corresponding quarter of the previous year.
Key COVID-19 dates:
- 20 March: Australia's international borders close to all non-citizens and non-residents.
- 21 March: Domestic travel restrictions begin. Tasmania first state to require people entering to self-isolate for 14 days from arrival.
- 22 March: Prime Minister announces Stage 2 lock down changes, which are progressively implemented.
- 30 March: Prime Minister announces JobKeeper program.
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