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A sunset camel ride along Broome's Cable Beach has been a rite of passage on a trip to Western Australia's Kimberley region for decades — but until recently it didn't involve a face mask or hand sanitiser.
Key points: IBISWorld expects more than 7,000 tourism businesses to collapse as a result of COVID-19 Commonwealth Bank modelling says the lack of international travellers alone will cost Australia 0.7 per cent of GDP Many tourism operators are relying on the reopening of state borders soon to survive Tour operator John Geappen is adapting his business to be COVID-19 safe and hopes his camel trains will be bustling again soon, despite access to Broome still being restricted to West Australians.
His company, Red Sun Camels, is one of almost 119,000 tourism businesses in Australia, according to IBISWorld.
